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Definition of Friendly fire
1. Noun. Fire that injures or kills an ally.
Definition of Friendly fire
1. Noun. Weapons fire from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces or enemy fire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Friendly Fire
Literary usage of Friendly fire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"The Comfort of a friendly fire By ROBERT V. CARR The sheriff mutters as he sees
The light smoke curl above the trees: A story writ upon the ..."
2. Fire Insurance Inspection & Underwriting by Charles Carroll Dominge, W. O. Lincoln (1920)
"A friendly fire. FROSTING GLASS— Can be accomplished by powdered ammonia fluoride
and acetic acid and dipping glass therein. the FRUIT EVAPORATORS— Fruit is ..."
3. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1915)
"A fire which is brought into existence, purposely, by the person in control of
the premises, is called a friendly fire; for example, a fire in a stove, ..."
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