friendly fire
Weapons fire coming unintentionally from allied or friendly forces rather than from…Weapons fire coming unintentionally from allied or friendly forces rather than from enemy forces, usually that which causes damage or casualties.
» They were caught in friendly fire.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Weapons fire coming unintentionally from allied or friendly forces rather than from enemy forces, usually that which causes damage or casualties.
Eigenbeschuss, Friendly Fire, Beschuss durch die eigene Seite
ого́нь по свои́мogónʹ po svoím, дру́жественный ого́ньdrúžestvennyj ogónʹ
дру́жній вого́ньdrúžnij vohónʹ
- fire that injures or kills an ally
Examples
6 sentencesThey were caught in friendly fire.
You never think you'll go to war and end up a victim of friendly fire.
Friendly Fire is enabled on this server, but griefers will get bans.
Friendly Fire is enabled on this server, but griefers will be banned.
Friendly Fire is enabled on this server, but griefers will get the banhammer.
Translations
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- fire that injures or kills an ally:fratricide
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable