单词 | fire action |
释义 | > as lemmasfire action fire action n. Military action against the enemy using firearms, esp. in a skirmish at close quarters. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > skirmish > in line fire action1872 1872 Times 17 Jan. 4/3 ‘This offensive fire action’ was impossible with the muzzle-loaders. 1938 W. S. Churchill Marlborough IV. ix. 167 The whole front came into close, intense fire action, quivering and writhing under the effect of the volleys. 1991 D. E. Showalter Tannenberg ii. iv. 122 Fire action by itself was not decisive. Infantry skirmishes could wear down an enemy but were as a rule unable to do more. < as lemmas |
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