groundfire
English
Alternative forms
- ground fire
Etymology
ground + fire
Noun
groundfire (uncountable)
- Gunfire directed at aircraft from the ground.
- 2007 September 11, C.J. Chivers, “Nonstop to Chechnya: As War Ebbs, Flights Return”, in New York Times:
- Mr. Chaika described the old approach, before Chechnya’s airport was sacked: the plane would circle high over Grozny, and then descend in a harrowing corkscrew, hoping to dodge groundfire.
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Anagrams
- fireground