“of fire”

The following 12 entries include the term of fire.

ball of fire

noun phrase

: a person of unusual energy, vitality, or drive

baptism of fire

noun phrase

: an introductory or initial experience that is a severe ordeal

base of fire

: an element of or one or more military units that give supporting fire to an attacking unit

belt of fire

: an area of active volcanoes

day of fire

: a unit of ammunition based on the average expenditure of a weapon in a day of combat

field of fire

: the area that can be covered by the fire from a weapon or a group of weapons from a given position

Pillar of Fire

adjective

: of, relating to, or being a fundamentalist holiness premillenarian church beginning as an offshoot of U.S. Methodism in 1901, retaining Methodist polity, and emphasizing sanctification as a second work of grace following justification

transfer of fire

: the shifting of artillery fire from one target to another with the application of corrections determined from the adjustment on the first target to the initial firing data for the second

unit of fire

: a prescribed quantity of ammunition for a given organization or weapon based on the number of rounds that on the average are expected to be used in one day

zone of fire

: the area within which a particular military unit is prepared to deliver fire

line of fire

noun phrase

: the place where bullets are being shot


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