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Definition of Counterfire
1. Noun. Fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons.
Specialized synonyms: Counterbattery Fire, Counterbombardment, Countermortar Fire
Definition of Counterfire
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterfire
Literary usage of Counterfire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island by Robert J. Cressman (1996)
"His gunners then shifted their attention to the next destroyer in column.
The enemy's counterfire severed communications between Kessler's command post ..."
2. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"... that the Prince first saw Philipsburg Siege, blotting the Rhine- Valley yonder
with its fire and counterfire; and the Tents of Eugene stretching on this ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"The aggression of course did not fail to provoke counterfire, and from battery
after battery a storm of round-shot and shell came pelting at the crest of ..."
4. Energy Efficiency: Challenges and Trends for Electric Utilities (1993)
"... such as small platform movements, missile firings, artillery rounds, even some
gunfire in real time and with enough accuracy for counterfire.33 Most ..."
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