Related Words for in the firing line

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accord
x/
Noun, Verb
accordance
x/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
activity
x/xx
Noun
adaptation
xx/x
Noun
adapting
x/x
Verb, Noun
adequacy
/xxx
Noun
adherence
x/x
Noun
adjust
x/
Verb
adjustment
x/x
Noun
agreed
x/
Adjective
agreement
x/x
Noun
air
/
Noun, Verb
airline
/x
Noun
airliner
/xx
Noun
airway
/x
Noun
align
x/
Verb
alignment
x/x
Noun
alleging
x/x
Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
ancestry
/xx
Noun
angling
/x
Noun
application
xx/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
appropriateness
x/xxx
Noun
appropriation
xxx/x
Noun
arbitrary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
area
/xx
Noun
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
argumentation
xxx/x
Noun
arrangement
x/x
Noun
array
x/
Noun, Verb
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
ascent
x/
Noun
assembly line
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attitude
/xx
Noun, Verb
automated
/xxx
Adjective
available
x/xx
Adjective
axial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
axis
/x
Noun
babbitt
/x
Name, Verb
baking
/x
Noun, Adjective
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
barrage
x/
Noun, Verb
barrier
/xx
Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
baseline
/x
Noun, Verb
basis
/x
Noun
battery
/xx
Noun
battle line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
beating
/x
Noun
bitter end
/x/
Phrase, Noun
biz
/
Noun
blasting
/x
Noun
blood
/
Noun, Verb
bloodline
/x
Noun
board
/
Noun, Verb
boiler
/x
Noun
boiling
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
bolt
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bombardment
x/x
Noun
bombing
/x
Noun
bond
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
border
/x
Noun, Verb
borderline
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bottom line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bound
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
boundaries
/xx
Noun
branch
/
Noun, Verb
branch line
//
Phrase, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
breed
/
Noun, Verb
brink
/
Noun
broadside
/x
Noun, Adverb, Verb
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
burning
/x
Noun, Adjective
burst
/
Verb, Noun
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
cable
/x
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
canal
x/
Noun, Verb
career
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
carriageway
/xx
Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
casuistry
/xx
Noun
category
/xxx
Noun
catering
/xx
Noun
ceasefire
//x
Noun
ceiling
/x
Noun
centerline
/xx
Noun
chain
/
Noun, Verb
chalk
/
Noun, Verb
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
checking
/x
Noun
chorus
/x
Noun, Verb
chorus line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
circumscribe
xx/
Verb
clearance
/x
Noun
clothes
/
Noun
coax
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
coherence
x/x
Noun
coherent
x/x
Adjective
collection
x/x
Noun
column
/x
Noun
combustion
x/x
Noun
comedy
/xx
Noun
compatible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
compliance
x/x
Noun
compliant
x/x
Adjective
computerised
x/xx
Adjective
computerized
x/xx
Adjective
concert
/x
Noun, Verb
concordance
/xx
Noun, Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
conduit
/xx
Noun
conformance
x/x
Noun
conformity
x/xx
Noun
conga line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
congruence
/xx
Noun
conjunction
x/x
Noun
connect
x/
Verb, Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
consensus
x/x
Noun, Verb
consistency
x/xx
Noun
consistent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
consisting
x/x
Verb
consonance
/xx
Noun
construct
x/
Verb, Noun
consumer credit
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
consuming
x/x
Adjective, Noun
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
contiguous
x/xx
Adjective
continental
xx/x
Adjective, Name
contour
/x
Noun, Verb
contradiction
xx/x
Noun
contrast
/x
Noun, Verb
convergence
x/x
Noun
conveyor
x/x
Noun
conveyor belt
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
cooking
/x
Noun, Adjective
cord
/
Noun, Verb
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
correspond
xx/
Verb
correspondence
xx/x
Noun
couplet
/x
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
craft
/
Noun, Verb
crease
/
Noun, Verb
credit line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
crest
/
Noun, Verb
crib
/
Noun, Verb
crinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
crisscross
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
crosswalk
/x
Noun, Verb
cue
/
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cutoff
/x
Noun, Adjective
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
dateline
/x
Noun, Verb
deactivation
x/x/x
Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decreasing
x/x
Noun
deformation
xx/x
Noun
delineate
x/xx
Verb
delineation
xxx/x
Noun
demarcation
xx/x
Noun
departure
x/x
Noun
deposing
x/x
Verb, Noun
derive
x/
Verb
descent
x/
Noun
describe
x/
Verb
detonation
xx/x
Noun
diagonal
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
digit
/x
Noun, Verb
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
directly
x/x
Adverb
disassembly
xx/x
Noun
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
dishonorable discharge
x/xxxx/
Phrase, Noun
dismissal
x/x
Noun
dismissing
x/x
Verb
distinction
x/x
Noun
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
dividing line
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
doorstep
/x
Noun, Verb
dotted
/x
Adjective
draw
/
Verb, Noun
duct
/
Noun, Verb
dump
/
Noun, Verb
edge
/
Noun, Verb
effective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
efficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
elbow
/x
Noun, Verb
electronic
xx/x
Adjective
employment
x/x
Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
enforcement
x/x
Noun
entry
/x
Noun
envelope
/xx
Noun, Verb
excitation
xx/x
Noun
execution
xx/x
Noun
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
extension
x/x
Noun
extraction
x/x
Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
facility
x/xx
Noun
family
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fanfare
/x
Noun, Verb
farming
/x
Noun, Adjective
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
feu
/
Noun, Verb
field
/
Noun, Verb
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
fil
/
Noun
file
/
Noun, Verb
finish line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
finishing line
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
firefight
/x
Noun, Verb
firepower
/xx
Noun
firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
firing off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fish
/
Noun, Verb
flak
/
Noun
flashing
/x
Noun
flight line
//
Phrase, Noun
flourish
/x
Verb, Noun
flow
/
Noun, Verb
folk
/
Noun, Adjective
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
forehead
/x
Noun
foul line
//
Phrase, Noun
framework
/x
Noun
freeing
/x
Noun, Adjective
freezing
/x
Adjective, Noun
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
front line
//
Phrase, Noun
frontier
x/
Noun, Verb
frontline
/x
Noun, Adjective
fulfilment
x/x
Noun
function
/x
Noun, Verb
fund
/
Noun, Verb
furrow
/x
Noun, Verb
fusing
/x
Noun
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gamut
/x
Noun
garnish
/x
Noun, Verb
genus
/x
Noun
geodesic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
glaze
/
Noun, Verb
goal line
//
Phrase, Noun
grade
/
Noun, Verb
great circle
//x
Name, Name
grinding
/x
Noun, Adjective
guidance
/x
Noun
guideline
/x
Noun
gun
/
Noun, Verb
gunfight
/x
Noun, Verb
gunfire
/xx
Noun
gunnery
/xx
Noun
gunshot
/x
Noun
hairline
/x
Noun, Adjective
hammering
/xx
Noun
harmonize
/xx
Verb
harmony
/xx
Noun
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
heating
/x
Noun, Adjective
height
/
Noun
helpline
/x
Noun
hierarchical
x/xx
Adjective
hierarchy
/xxx
Noun
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
horizon
x/x
Noun
horizontal
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
hose
/
Noun, Verb
hotline
/x
Noun, Verb
house
/
Noun, Verb
idea
x/x
Noun
ignition
x/x
Noun
implementation
xxx/x
Noun
inactivation
xxx/x
Noun
indian file
/xx/
Name, Name
indicated
/xxx
Verb
industries
/xx
Noun
initiation
xxx/x
Noun
inscribe
x/
Verb
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
internet
/xx
Noun, Verb
investigational
xxx/xx
Adjective
iron
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
job
/
Noun, Verb
junkyard
/x
Noun
keeping
/x
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
kindling
/x
Noun, Adjective
kinsfolk
/x
Noun
know
/
Verb, Noun
lamp
/
Noun, Verb
land
/
Noun, Verb
landfill
/x
Noun, Verb
landline
/x
Noun
lane
/
Noun
lanyard
/x
Noun
latitude
/xx
Noun
launch
/
Noun, Verb
launcher
/x
Noun
layoff
/x
Noun
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
learned
/
Adjective, Noun
leitmotif
/xx
Noun
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
liaison
x/x
Noun, Verb
liberation
xx/x
Noun
lifeline
/x
Noun
liftoff
/x
Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
limitation
xx/x
Noun
line of battle
///x
Phrase, Noun
line of credit
///x
Phrase, Noun
line of destiny
///xx
Phrase, Noun
line of fate
///
Phrase, Noun
line of force
///
Phrase, Noun
line of heart
///
Phrase, Noun
line of life
///
Phrase, Noun
line of march
///
Name, Name
line of reasoning
///xx
Phrase, Noun
line of saturn
///x
Name, Name
line of scrimmage
///x
Phrase, Noun
line of sight
///
Phrase, Noun
line of vision
///x
Phrase, Noun
line of work
///
Phrase, Noun
linea
/xx
Noun
lineage
/xx
Noun
lineal
/xx
Adjective
linear
/xx
Adjective, Noun
lined
/
Adjective
linemen
/x
Noun
liner
/x
Noun, Verb
lineup
/x
Noun
link
/
Noun, Verb
linkage
/x
Noun
lino
/x
Noun
list
/
Noun, Verb
litmus
/x
Noun
logic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
longline
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
loop
/
Noun, Verb
lynn
/
Name
lynx
/
Noun
marge
/
Name
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
mark
/
Noun, Verb
marksmanship
/xx
Noun
match
/
Noun, Verb
math
/
Noun, Verb
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
melody
/xx
Noun
mic
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mile
/
Noun
milking
/x
Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
mix
/
Noun, Verb
mooring
/x
Noun
network
/x
Noun, Verb
nit
/
Noun, Verb
note
/
Noun, Verb
number
/x
Noun, Verb
occupation
xx/x
Noun
offline
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
online
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
operational
xx/xx
Adjective
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
overlay
/xx
Noun, Verb
pact
/
Noun, Verb
pai
/x
Verb
par
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
parallel
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
parallel of latitude
/xx//xx
Phrase, Noun
parapet
/xx
Noun
parentage
/xx
Noun
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
party line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
path
/
Noun, Verb
pathway
/x
Noun
patter
/x
Noun, Verb
pattern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pedigree
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
people
/x
Noun, Verb
perimeter
x/xx
Noun
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
phase
/
Noun, Verb
phone
/
Noun, Verb
photography
x/xx
Noun
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
picket line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pipe
/
Noun, Verb
pipeline
/x
Noun, Verb
pipework
/x
Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
plane
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plank
/
Noun, Verb
platoon
x/
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
plumbing
/x
Noun
point
/
Noun, Verb
point of no return
///x/
Phrase, Noun
policy
/xx
Noun, Verb
polygon
/xx
Noun
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
post
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
posture
/x
Noun, Verb
predetermined
xx/x
Adjective
principle
/xx
Noun, Verb
product line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
production line
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
profession
x/x
Noun
progeny
/xx
Noun
prompt
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
proportion
x/x
Noun, Verb
pull
/
Verb, Noun
punch line
//
Phrase, Noun
purges
/x
Noun, Verb
pursuant
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
quadrant
/x
Noun
queue
/
Noun, Verb
rail
/
Noun, Verb
railroad
/x
Noun, Verb
railway
/x
Noun
range
/
Noun, Verb
rank
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
raster
/x
Noun, Verb
reasoning
/xx
Noun
rebuttal
x/x
Noun
redundancy
x/xx
Noun
referral
x/x
Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
regimens
/xx
Noun, Verb
registrant
/xx
Noun
regular
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
relation
x/x
Noun
relationship
x/xx
Noun
release
x/
Noun, Verb
removal
x/x
Noun
replica
/xx
Noun
reply
x/
Noun, Verb
reporting
x/x
Noun
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
responders
x/x
Noun
response
x/
Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
retrieved
x/
Verb
rifle
/x
Noun, Verb
riga
/x
Name
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rim
/
Noun, Verb
risk
/
Noun, Verb
road
/
Noun, Adjective
rocket
/x
Noun, Verb
rod
/
Noun, Verb
role
/
Noun
rolling
/x
Noun, Adjective
rope
/
Noun, Verb
route
/
Noun, Verb
routine
x/
Adjective, Noun
row
/
Noun, Verb
rubbing
/x
Noun
rubicon
/xx
Name, Verb
rubric
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
rule
/
Noun, Verb
run along
/x/
Phrase, Verb
runway
/x
Noun
sack
/
Noun, Verb
salvo
/x
Noun, Verb
scan
/
Noun, Verb
scope
/
Noun, Verb
seam
/
Noun, Verb
section
/x
Noun, Verb
section eight
/x/
Phrase, Noun
sector
/x
Noun
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
sept
/
Name
series
/x
Noun
serif
x/
Noun, Adjective
service
/x
Noun, Verb
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
settlement
/xx
Noun
shaft
/
Noun, Verb
shape
/
Noun, Verb
sheet
/
Noun, Verb
shelling
/x
Noun
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
short line
//
Phrase, Noun
shouting
/x
Noun
shroud
/
Noun, Verb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sideline
/x
Noun, Verb
signature
/xx
Noun, Adjective
signature tune
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
sill
/
Noun, Adjective
single file
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
skate
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
skyline
/x
Noun, Verb
smell
/
Noun, Verb
sniping
/x
Noun
soaking
/x
Adjective, Noun
soar
/
Verb, Noun
sound bite
//
Phrase, Noun
specialized
/xx
Adjective
specified
/xx
Adjective
spectrum
/x
Noun
speech
/
Noun, Verb
spiel
/
Noun, Verb
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
sport
/
Noun, Verb
spur
/
Noun, Verb
squad
/
Noun, Verb
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stake
/
Noun, Verb
stance
/
Noun, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
starting line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
steaming
/x
Noun, Adjective
step
/
Noun, Verb
stock
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
straight
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
strain
/
Noun, Verb
strand
/
Noun, Verb
stream
/
Noun, Verb
string
/
Noun, Verb
strip
/
Noun, Verb
stripe
/
Noun, Verb
stud
/
Noun, Verb
succession
x/x
Noun
suite
/
Noun
supported
x/x
Adjective
surface
/x
Noun, Verb
symmetry
/xx
Noun
tack
/
Noun, Verb
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
taking
/x
Adjective, Noun
tandem
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective, Verb
tapping
/x
Noun
target
/x
Noun, Verb
telephone
/xx
Noun, Verb
termination
xx/x
Noun
tether
/x
Noun, Verb
theme
/
Noun, Verb
theme song
//
Phrase, Noun
thread
/
Noun, Verb
threshold
/x
Noun
throwing
/x
Noun
thrust
/
Noun, Verb
tightrope
/x
Noun, Verb
timberline
/xx
Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
timeline
/x
Noun, Verb
tine
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tip
/
Noun, Verb
title
/x
Noun, Verb
token
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tone
/
Noun, Verb
touchdown
/x
Noun
tow
/
Noun, Verb
trace
/
Noun, Verb
track
/
Noun, Verb
trade
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trail
/
Noun, Verb
trailer
/x
Noun, Verb
transporter
x/x
Noun
tree line
//
Phrase, Noun
trend
/
Noun, Verb
trigger
/x
Noun, Verb
trunk line
//
Phrase, Noun
tube
/
Noun, Verb
tune
/
Noun, Verb
turning
/x
Noun
type
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
tyre
/
Noun, Verb
unanimous
x/xx
Adjective
understanding
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
unison
/xx
Noun
unleashing
x/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
vanguard
/x
Noun
variety
x/xx
Noun
vein
/
Noun, Verb
verge
/
Noun, Verb
verse
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
virtue
/x
Noun
vocation
x/x
Noun
voice
/
Noun, Verb
volley
/x
Noun, Verb
wait
/
Verb, Noun
wake
/
Verb, Noun
warp
/
Noun, Verb
water level
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
waterline
/xx
Noun
watermark
/xx
Noun, Verb
watershed
/xx
Noun, Adjective
wavelength
/x
Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
web
/
Noun, Verb
website
/x
Noun
wire
/x
Noun, Verb
wireless
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
words
/
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
wrinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
write
/
Verb, Noun
yarn
/
Noun, Verb