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(video games, weaponry) To automatically fire.
n
The action of dropping bombs from the air.
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(figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
adj
Alternative form of bumpfire [Pertaining to the bumpfire method of autofiring.]
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(figuratively) An instance of firing something, as if from a catapult.
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A blank round of ammunition issued to one or more members of a firing squad without telling them, so that each person in the squad knows there is a chance that they themselves did not fire the lethal shot.
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(transitive, US, military) To pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.
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(military) firing of weapons in response
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(firearms) The action of the verb to deprime; the removal of primer from cartridge
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(firearms) A pressed metal or plastic link, used to join cartridges for a machine gun. When the cartridge is removed during loading, the link is expelled.
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(uncountable, fireams) Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
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(literally, also figurative) In an armed encounter, to attract gunfire from an adversary, whether unintentionally or deliberately for the purpose of allowing one's allies or colleagues to gain a tactical advantage over the adversary.
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(military) A continuous irregular discharge of small arms.
v
(firearms) To discharge a weapon without ammunition in the chamber.
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Alternative spelling of dry fire [(firearms) To discharge a weapon without ammunition in the chamber.]
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(firearms) An accidental blowing off of, or other serious damage to, the breechblock of a gun.
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(chiefly US, literally) To fire all of the cartridges in the magazine of an automatic or semi-automatic firearm.
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(firearms, transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
n
(military technology) A kind of missile guidance system which does not require further control after launch, and can hit its target without the launcher being in line of sight of the target.
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Alternative form of shoot blanks [(colloquial, of a male) To be sterile.]
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(military, idiomatic) To fire a weapon with the intent of causing damage or harm to an opponent (as opposed to a warning shot or a practice shot).
n
(military) A communication between the fire direction center (FDC) and an observer to direct artillery on a target.
n
(military, chiefly historical) A step or platform dug into the front side of a military trench - allowing soldiers to stand on it in order to fire over the parapet.
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To lengthen or widen the body of a cartridge case by firing it in a gun that has the same calibre but a larger chamber.
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(military, slang) The damage inflicted by a weapon on a vehicle that destroys its weapon systems, or substantially reduces its ability to deliver weapons accurately, but does not significantly affect its ability to move.
n
The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
n
(military) A prepared fighting position from which infantry can defend territory with minimal exposure to return fire.
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A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.
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(firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
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(firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
adj
(military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
adj
Designating an area in which military personnel have authority to shoot on anyone without obtaining prior clearance.
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To rebore the barrel of a rifle or shotgun.
n
Weapons fire from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces or enemy fire.
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The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
v
(military, transitive) To bomb a bridge, particularly with a technique developed by the 490th Missile Squadron during World War II.
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(of a firearm) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock.
n
(chiefly military) The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.
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(firearms) To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
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(of a firearm) To fail to fire immediately when the trigger is pulled.
n
Alternative form of hang fire [(firearms) The situation when a gun does not immediately fire when the trigger is pulled, but may fire shortly after.]
n
(US, military, historical) The periodic firing of unobserved rounds of ammunition at trails known to be used by the enemy, during the Vietnam War.
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(intransitive) To wait for an opportunity to shoot (with a firearm) at something or someone.
adj
(procedure word, military) An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).
n
The aiming and firing of a projectile without relying on a direct line of sight between the weapon and its target.
v
(firearms, slang, intransitive) To perform a mag dump.
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(firearms) To fail to discharge properly.
v
(idiomatic) To begin firing (weapons) at something or someone.
adj
(weaponry) In firearms and artillery, having a condition in which a live round is at least partially in the firing chamber and capable of being fired, but is not properly secured by the usual mechanism of that particular weapon.
v
(Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
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an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
n
(firearms) A charge of powder and ball, greater than the service charge, fired in an arm, as a gun or cannon, to test its strength.
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To cause the fire alarm to go off, by pulling the lever on the fire alarm pull station.
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To replace the barrel of (a gun).
v
(of a firearm) To quickly push back when fired
n
(firearms) An ammunition cartridge prepared from previously fired ammunition.
v
(procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
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(military) The firing initiated after receiving incoming fire.
v
(military) To operate upon by ricochet firing.
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A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
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The rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops.
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(firearms) The premature accidental discharge of a firearm while a round is being loaded into the chamber.
adj
(firearms) Synonym of smoothbore
n
(firearms) A bullet with such a tip.
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The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
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(science fiction) A pistol firing a beam capable of stunning an enemy.
adj
(military, nautical, of a gun turret on a warship) Mounted higher than one or more other turrets within its firing arc, allowing it to fire over the top of the lower-mounted turret(s).
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(firearms) To lose sight on a target
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(military) A line of infantry equipped with automatic weapons advancing in a coordinated attack.
n
(obsolete) A trough for discharging water.
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