Related Words for direct fire

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WordSyllablesCategories
line of fire
///x
Phrase, Noun
projectile
x/x
Noun
firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fire
/x
Noun
friendly fire
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
firing point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
incoming
/xx
Noun
gunshot
/x
Noun
gunfire
/xx
Noun
return fire
x//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
shooting
/x
Noun
mark
/
Noun
target
/x
Noun
barrage
x/
Noun
gunpoint
/x
Noun
shooting war
/x/
Phrase, Noun
strafing
/x
Noun
round
/
Noun
manual
/xx
Noun
artillery
x/xx
Noun
front
/
Noun
firefight
/x
Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
gunfight
/x
Noun
striking distance
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
dead set
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
arson
/x
Noun
charge
/
Noun
fireball
/xx
Noun
arming
/x
Noun
target of opportunity
/x/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
melee
/x
Noun
first blood
//
Phrase, Noun
attack
x/
Noun
drive
/
Noun
heavy artillery
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
surgical strike
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
infighting
/xx
Noun
turkey shoot
/xx
Phrase, Noun
electric
x/x
Name
salvo
/x
Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
offensive
x/x
Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun
front line
//
Phrase, Noun
bombardment
x/x
Noun
firing squad
/x/
Phrase, Noun
action
/x
Noun
saturation
xx/x
Noun
lethal
/x
Adjective
hot pursuit
/x/
Phrase, Noun
direct examination
x/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
draught
/
Noun
hand grenade
/x/
Phrase, Noun
assault weapon
x//x
Phrase, Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun
command
x/
Noun
aggression
x/x
Noun
presentation
xx/x
Noun
field day
//
Phrase, Noun
munition
x/x
Noun
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
dueling
/x
Noun
call to arms
///
Phrase, Noun
onslaught
/x
Noun
drill
/
Noun
infantry
/xx
Noun
ammunition
xx/x
Noun
tactic
/x
Noun
line of march
///
Name, Name
spearhead
/x
Noun
brunt
/
Noun
baptism of fire
/xx//x
Phrase, Noun
ordnance
/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun
war game
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
armament
/xx
Noun
suppression
x/x
Noun
present
/x
Noun
assault rifle
x//x
Phrase, Noun
ablaze
x/
Adverb, Adjective
abrupt
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
absolute
/xx
Adjective, Noun
acid
/x
Noun, Adjective
address
/x
Noun, Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
air
/
Noun, Verb
alight
x/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective
allocate
/xx
Verb
alternating
/xxx
Adjective
ardor
/x
Noun
ardour
/x
Noun
arithmetical
xx/xx
Adjective
arouse
x/
Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
ask for
//
Phrase, Verb
automatic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
axe
/
Noun, Verb
backfire
/x
Verb, Noun
baited
/x
Verb, Adjective
baking
/x
Noun, Adjective
ballast
/x
Noun, Verb
barracks
/x
Noun
battery
/xx
Noun
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
beam
/
Noun, Verb
benzene
x/
Noun
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
blast
/
Noun, Verb
blaze
/
Noun, Verb
blinded
/x
Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bluff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blunt
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
bold
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bombing
/x
Noun
bonfire
/xx
Noun, Verb
borg
/
Name, Verb
boundary
/xx
Noun
brand
/
Noun, Verb
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
broadside
/x
Noun, Adverb, Verb
brush fire
//x
Phrase, Noun
brutally
/xx
Adverb
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
burn
/
Verb, Noun
burn down
//
Phrase, Verb
burner
/x
Noun
burst
/
Verb, Noun
butter
/x
Noun, Verb
calculate
/xx
Verb
caliber
/xx
Noun
calibre
/xx
Noun
calling
/x
Noun
campaigns
x/
Noun
campfire
/xx
Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
candid
/x
Adjective, Noun
cashier
x/
Noun, Verb
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ceasefire
//x
Noun
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
chimney
/x
Noun, Verb
cholera
/xx
Noun
clean out
//
Phrase, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
collateral
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
combusted
x/x
Verb
combustion
x/x
Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
conflagration
xx/x
Noun
conn
/
Noun, Verb
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
contemporaneously
xxx/xxx
Adverb
contrive
x/
Verb
control
x/
Noun, Verb
convey
x/
Verb
cooking
/x
Noun, Adjective
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
covert
/x
Adjective, Noun
criticism
/xxx
Noun
curse
/
Noun, Verb
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
deals
/
Verb
dedicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
democratic
xx/x
Adjective, Name
depose
x/
Verb
derive
x/
Verb
device
x/
Noun
devote
x/
Verb, Adjective
directed
x/x
Adjective
direction
x/x
Noun
directional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
directives
x/x
Noun
directly
x/x
Adverb
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
dismantled
x/x
Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
dismissal
x/x
Noun
divert
x/
Verb
dock
/
Noun, Verb
downright
/x
Adverb, Adjective
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drive out
//
Phrase, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dung
/
Noun, Verb
eld
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
elicit
x/x
Verb, Adjective
employ
x/
Verb, Noun
engage
x/
Verb
engine
/x
Noun, Verb
engineer
/x/
Noun, Verb
entrust
x/
Verb
evoke
x/
Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exact
x/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
exactly
x/x
Adverb
excite
x/
Verb
expel
x/
Verb
explicit
x/x
Adjective, Noun
explode
x/
Verb
exposure
x/x
Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
extinguisher
x/xx
Noun
fervor
/x
Noun
fervour
/x
Noun
feu
/
Noun, Verb
fiery
/xx
Adjective
fig
/
Name, Verb
fire up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
firearm
/xx
Noun
firefighter
/xx
Noun
firehouse
/xx
Noun
fireman
/x
Noun
fireplace
/xx
Noun
firepower
/xx
Noun
firewall
/x
Noun, Verb
fireworks
/x
Noun