firebasen.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪəbeɪs/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌbeɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., base n.¹

Etymology: < fire n. + base n.¹

Chiefly U.S.

An area in a war zone in which artillery can be massed to provide heavy firepower in support of other military units.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > front or front line > area behind battle-zone

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firebase1955

1955 Mil. Rev. Feb. 108/2 The motorized infantry should move up as early as possible and deploy on this firebase.

1968 Times 2 Feb. 8/6 Elsewhere in the highlands the North Vietnamese tried early today to overrun an American firebase about 12 miles south of Dak To.

1975 Cumberland (Maryland) Sunday Times 18 May 13/5 One side of the firebase, at night, was left unprotected. A proper Communist probe would have engendered a massacre.

1989 M. Norman These Good Men iii. 91 [The photograph] was taken on a cold day in February at Camp Carrol, the large battalion fire base on a hill near Dong Ha.

2008 Vanity Fair Jan. 86/1 We only have to cover 500 yards to get back to the safety of the firebase, but the route is wide open to Taliban positions across the valley, and the ground has to be crossed at a run.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	firebase
释义	firebasen. Brit. /ˈfʌɪəbeɪs/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌbeɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., base n.¹ Etymology: < fire n. + base n.¹ Chiefly U.S. An area in a war zone in which artillery can be massed to provide heavy firepower in support of other military units. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > front or front line > area behind battle-zone back area1923 firebase1955 1955 Mil. Rev. Feb. 108/2 The motorized infantry should move up as early as possible and deploy on this firebase. 1968 Times 2 Feb. 8/6 Elsewhere in the highlands the North Vietnamese tried early today to overrun an American firebase about 12 miles south of Dak To. 1975 Cumberland (Maryland) Sunday Times 18 May 13/5 One side of the firebase, at night, was left unprotected. A proper Communist probe would have engendered a massacre. 1989 M. Norman These Good Men iii. 91 [The photograph] was taken on a cold day in February at Camp Carrol, the large battalion fire base on a hill near Dong Ha. 2008 Vanity Fair Jan. 86/1 We only have to cover 500 yards to get back to the safety of the firebase, but the route is wide open to Taliban positions across the valley, and the ground has to be crossed at a run. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1955
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