Firefight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Firefight is a noun meaning A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
Meaning
A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
More Meanings
- (figurative) An intense argument.
- To engage in a firefight.
Example Sentences
Military Specialization Soldier Soldiers are combat specialists ideal for the front lines of a firefight.
His goal: a patch of high ground called Sperwan Ghar, where he and his men firefought a thousand Taliban to take the hill and call in the air strikes critical to turning the tide.
Correct. That was actually my first internet controversy many years ago, with the kinists, white identitarians — I call them skinists. And I’ve been in polemical firefights with antisemites and actual misogynists, not people who are accused of being that way.
Word Forms
- firefights
- firefighting
- firefought
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shootout, gunfight, shoot-out, gunfire, shooting, crossfire.
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