firefight

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fire +‎ fight

Noun[edit]

firefight (plural firefights)

  1. A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.

Verb[edit]

firefight (third-person singular simple present firefights, present participle firefighting, simple past and past participle firefought)

  1. To engage in a firefight.
    • 2011 July 8, Mark Thompson, “Inside the Battle for Kandahar”, in Time[1]:
      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.

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