Usually means: Combat involving exchange of gunfire.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. firefight: Merriam-Webster
  2. firefight: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. firefight: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. firefight: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Firefight, firefight: Wordnik
  6. firefight: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. firefight: Wiktionary
  8. firefight: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. firefight: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. firefight: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. firefight: Dictionary.com
  12. Firefight (album), Firefight: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. firefight: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. firefight: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. firefight: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Firefight: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (firefight)

▸ noun:  A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
▸ verb:  To engage in a firefight.

Similar:
fire-fight, gunbattle, clash, gunfight, shootout, knife fight, crossfire, exchange of fire, fight, shoot-out, more...

Opposite:
fire prevention, fire safety, fire suppression

Types:
skirmish, battle, war, engagement, more...

Phrases:
stuck in a firefight, more...

Adjectives:
brief, fierce, first, short, intense, hour, vicious, heavy, sharp, minute, major



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Similar:
fire-fight, gunbattle, clash, gunfight, shootout, knife fight, crossfire, exchange of fire, fight, shoot-out, more...

Opposite:
fire prevention, fire safety, fire suppression

Types:
skirmish, battle, war, engagement, more...

Phrases:
stuck in a firefight, more...

Adjectives:
brief, fierce, first, short, intense, hour, vicious, heavy, sharp, minute, major



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