Definition of Firebases

1. Noun. (plural of firebase) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Firebases

1. firebase [n] - See also: firebase

Lexicographical Neighbors of Firebases

fire wheel
fireable
firearm
firearmed
firearms
fireback
firebacks
fireball
fireballer
fireballers
fireballing
firebare
firebares
firebase
firebases (current term)
firebird
firebirds
fireblast
fireblasts
fireblight
fireboard
fireboards
fireboat
fireboats
firebolt
firebolted
firebolting
firebolts
firebomb

Literary usage of Firebases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Firepower in Limited War by Robert H. Scales, Jr. (1990)
"After Tet, however, firebases became the object of a carefully directed, systematic program of attack. Giap's objective was to maintain the initiative by ..."

2. Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam: Ideas and Actions by Donald J. Mrozek (1988)
"Firepower and firebases What air power allowed General Westmoreland to think possible in the ground war was exemplified by the defense of the firebase at ..."

3. Military Ethics: Reflections on Principles: Profession of Arms, Mil. Leader edited by Malham M. Wakin (1987)
"We had our "cities" our towns, firebases, and outposts. We were civilization, urban power, men, might, fortitude, power, and directness: all self-contained ..."

4. Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds by George Black (1993)
"Like the civilian population of the surrounding villages, they learned to live with constant artillery shelling from a half-dozen government firebases ..."

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