crossfire
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crossfire (countable and uncountable, plural crossfires)
- (military) An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.
- The danger to a third party passing between two belligerents firing at one another.
- The two factions were either side of the road. A civilian lorry was caught in the crossfire and became collateral damage
- The danger to a third party passing between a gunman and his target.
- 2024 May 15, Geneva Abdul, “Woman hit in London drive-by shooting was not intended target, police say”, in The Guardian[1]:
- A woman who was caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in north London on Tuesday evening was not the intended target, police have said.
- (by extension) A heated confrontation between opposing factions.
Translations[edit]
lines of fire
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heated confrontation
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