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Definition of Crossfire
1. Noun. A lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions.
2. Noun. Fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross.
Definition of Crossfire
1. Noun. (military) lines of fire from multiple positions that cross in a small region ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) a heated confrontation between opposing factions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crossfire
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossfire
Literary usage of Crossfire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vicksburg Campaign, and the Battles about Chattanooga Under the Command by Samuel Rockwell Reed (1882)
"A crossfire of shot and shell reached all parts of the town, showing the position
to be entirely untenable against a powerful artillery. ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"A number of instruments have been devised for intravesical application, and
crossfire, employing the methods mentioned, is not new. ..."
3. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"The Germans however, owing to the mist, swept over these positions at once, and
the British crossfire on which so much depended was never delivered. ..."
4. Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865 by Minnesota, Charles Eugene Flandrau (1893)
"... but were soon obliged to fall back, and amid a terrible crossfire which
threatened to kill every man and horse, while we all here miraculously escaped ..."
5. Civilian Devastation: Abuses by All Parties in the War in Southern Sudan by Jemera Rone, John Prendergast, Karen Sorensen (1994)
"... have been the victims of crossfire; if civilians are in an area of military
combat, they assume die risk of injury or death. The ambush was a surprise, ..."
6. The Scars of Death: Children Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda by Rosa Ehrenreich, Human Rights Watch/Africa (1997)
"The children are caught in the crossfire. As a parent, how can I support that?"'
100 Human Rights Watch interview, ..."
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