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  1. firing lines: Merriam-Webster
  2. firing lines: Collins English Dictionary
  3. firing lines: Vocabulary.com
  4. firing lines: Wiktionary

(Note: See firing_line as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (firing line)

noun:  (military) The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle.
noun:  A row of shooters.
noun:  (figurative) Line of fire, a situation in which someone or something is targeted.
noun:  (idiomatic) The vanguard of an activity.
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