Related Words for firefight

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gunfight
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Noun, Noun
skirmish
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Noun
standoff
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Noun
gunfire
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Noun
sniper
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Noun
ambush
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Noun
manhunt
/x
Noun
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
altercation
xx/x
Noun
brawl
/
Noun
scuffle
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Noun
battle
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Noun
melee
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Noun
bloodbath
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Noun
combat
/x
Noun
platoon
x/
Noun
soldier
/x
Noun
infantryman
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Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun
humvee
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Name
hostiles
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Noun
insurgents
x/x
Noun
grenade
x/
Noun
commandos
x/x
Noun
battlefield
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Noun
shooter
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Noun
rifleman
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Noun
hostilities
x/xx
Noun
duel
/x
Noun
gunshot
/x
Noun
gunman
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Noun
hideout
/x
Noun
siege
/
Noun
fight
/
Noun
protracted
x/x
Adjective
gunner
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Noun
clash
/
Noun
firestorm
/x
Noun
tactical
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Adjective
encounter
x/x
Noun
fire
/x
Noun
friendly fire
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
war of words
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Phrase, Noun
strife
/
Noun
conflagration
xx/x
Noun
fire alarm
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Phrase, Noun
quarrel
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Noun
shooting war
/x/
Phrase, Noun
return fire
x//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
turf war
//
Phrase, Noun
affair
x/
Noun
conflict
/x
Noun
firing point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fire service
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
face off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fireball
/xx
Noun
violence
/xx
Noun
pitched battle
//x
Phrase, Noun
guerrilla warfare
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
fight to the finish
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
mortal combat
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
round
/
Noun
call to arms
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Phrase, Noun
trench warfare
//x
Phrase, Noun
attack
x/
Noun
parley
/x
Noun
debate
x/
Noun
baptism of fire
/xx//x
Phrase, Noun
fire brigade
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Phrase, Noun
warring
/x
Noun
sally
/x
Name
foray
/x
Noun
truce
/
Noun
civil war
/x/
Name, Name
front
/
Noun
dispute
x/
Noun
incoming
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Noun
shouting match
/x/
Phrase, Noun
action
/x
Noun
sortie
/x
Noun
battle royal
/x/x
Name, Name
armistice
/xx
Noun
shot
/
Verb
medley
/x
Noun
contest
/x
Noun
gang war
//
Phrase, Noun
gauntlet
/x
Noun
reply
x/
Noun
bombardment
x/x
Noun
salvo
/x
Noun
turkey shoot
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Phrase, Noun
barrage
x/
Noun
mogadishu
xx/x
Name
ensued
x/
Verb
fierce
/
Adjective
erupted
x/x
Verb
brisk
/
Adjective
middle
/x
Noun
midst
/
Noun
ferocious
x/x
Adjective
furious
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Adjective
hell
/
Noun
raged
/
Verb
vicious
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Adjective
sounds
/
Noun
vietnam
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Name
enemy
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Noun
wounded
/x
Verb
troops
/
Noun
lasted
/x
Verb
brief
/
Adjective
killed
/
Verb
engaged
x/
Verb
deadly
/x
Adjective
intense
x/
Adjective
scene
/
Noun
broke
/
Verb
savage
/x
Adjective
bloody
/x
Adjective
sharp
/
Adjective
prolonged
x/
Adjective
forces
/x
Noun
withdrew
x/
Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective
caught
/
Verb
ended
/x
Verb
short
/
Adjective
violent
/xx
Adjective
died
/
Verb
start
/
Verb
got
/
Verb
involved
x/
Verb
continued
x/x
Verb
hot
/
Adjective
resulted
x/x
Verb
running
/x
Verb
going
/x
Verb
kind
/
Noun
huge
/
Adjective
big
/
Adjective
began
x/
Verb
followed
/x
Verb
assault
x/
Noun, Verb
blizzard
/x
Noun, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
burst
/
Verb, Noun
ceasefire
//x
Noun
commitment
x/x
Noun
hurricane
/xx
Noun, Verb
onslaught
/x
Noun
outbreak
/x
Noun, Verb
rainstorm
/x
Noun
rampage
/x
Noun, Verb
riot
/x
Noun, Verb
scrimmage
/x
Noun, Verb
storm
/
Noun, Verb
struggle
/x
Noun, Verb
tussle
/x
Noun, Verb
typhoon
x/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun