Meaning

2 senses
  1. A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.

  2. (figuratively)An intense argument.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Ziri saw insane amounts of firefights.

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  2. I worked for a firefighting company.

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  3. He says firefighting is a feast or famine job.

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  4. Firefighting in Australia is becoming increasingly sophisticated.

    deIn Australien wird die Feuerwehrarbeit technisch immer ausgereifter.

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  5. The K-MAX chopper is the largest of several remotely piloted firefighting aircraft to get a tryout this year for firefighting duty.

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Origin

From fire + fight.

From fire + fight.

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Forms

plural: firefights
Singularfirefight
Pluralfirefights

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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