Related Words for line of fire

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firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
firing point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
line of march
///
Name, Name
return fire
x//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
front
/
Noun
gunfire
/xx
Noun
fire
/x
Noun
battle line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
friendly fire
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
incoming
/xx
Noun
charge
/
Noun
barrage
x/
Noun
manual
/xx
Noun
projectile
x/x
Noun
artillery
x/xx
Noun
ordnance
/x
Noun
gunshot
/x
Noun
round
/
Noun
armament
/xx
Noun
firefight
/x
Noun
order of battle
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
mark
/
Noun
striking distance
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
fireball
/xx
Noun
target of opportunity
/x/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
heavy artillery
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
shooting war
/x/
Phrase, Noun
action
/x
Noun
arming
/x
Noun
breakthrough
/x
Noun
rallying point
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
shooting
/x
Noun
munition
x/x
Noun
salvo
/x
Noun
present
/x
Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
firing squad
/x/
Phrase, Noun
picket
/x
Noun
military
/xxx
Noun
tactics
/x
Noun
spearhead
/x
Noun
theater of war
/xx//
Phrase, Noun
front line
//
Phrase, Noun
axis
/x
Noun
fire brigade
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
bombardment
x/x
Noun
lethal
/x
Adjective
hot pursuit
/x/
Phrase, Noun
target
/x
Noun
maneuver
x/x
Noun
gunpoint
/x
Noun
drive
/
Noun
ammunition
xx/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun
gunfight
/x
Noun
marching orders
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
offensive
x/x
Noun
list
/
Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
turkey shoot
/xx
Phrase, Noun
call to arms
///
Phrase, Noun
zone of action
///x
Phrase, Noun
rearguard
/x
Noun
melee
/x
Noun
infantry
/xx
Noun
field day
//
Phrase, Noun
file
/
Noun
synchronization
xxx/x
Noun
lineup
/x
Noun
sortie
/x
Noun
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
array
x/
Noun
assault weapon
x//x
Phrase, Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
surgical strike
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
service
/x
Noun
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
troops
/
Noun
hand grenade
/x/
Phrase, Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
strategy
/xx
Noun
assault rifle
x//x
Phrase, Noun
arms race
//
Phrase, Noun
strafing
/x
Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun
onslaught
/x
Noun
militarism
/xxxx
Noun
war game
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
forces
/x
Noun
patrol
x/
Noun
alert
x/
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun
ablaze
x/
Adverb, Adjective
accord
x/
Noun, Verb
accordance
x/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
acid
/x
Noun, Adjective
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
agreement
x/x
Noun
air
/
Noun, Verb
airline
/x
Noun
airliner
/xx
Noun
airway
/x
Noun
alight
x/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective
align
x/
Verb
alignment
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
ardor
/x
Noun
ardour
/x
Noun
area
/xx
Noun
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
argumentation
xxx/x
Noun
arouse
x/
Verb
arrangement
x/x
Noun
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
arson
/x
Noun, Verb
ask for
//
Phrase, Verb
assembly line
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attitude
/xx
Noun, Verb
automated
/xxx
Adjective
available
x/xx
Adjective
axe
/
Noun, Verb
axial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
babbitt
/x
Name, Verb
backfire
/x
Verb, Noun
baited
/x
Verb, Adjective
baking
/x
Noun, Adjective
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
ballast
/x
Noun, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
barracks
/x
Noun
barrier
/xx
Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
baseline
/x
Noun, Verb
basis
/x
Noun
battery
/xx
Noun
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
beam
/
Noun, Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bitter end
/x/
Phrase, Noun
biz
/
Noun
blast
/
Noun, Verb
blaze
/
Noun, Verb
blinded
/x
Adjective
blood
/
Noun, Verb
bloodline
/x
Noun
board
/
Noun, Verb
bolt
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bombing
/x
Noun
bond
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bonfire
/xx
Noun, Verb
border
/x
Noun, Verb
borderline
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
borg
/
Name, Verb
bottom line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bound
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
boundaries
/xx
Noun
branch
/
Noun, Verb
branch line
//
Phrase, Noun
brand
/
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
breed
/
Noun, Verb
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
brink
/
Noun
broadside
/x
Noun, Adverb, Verb
brush fire
//x
Phrase, Noun
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
burn
/
Verb, Noun
burn down
//
Phrase, Verb
burner
/x
Noun
burst
/
Verb, Noun
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
butter
/x
Noun, Verb
cable
/x
Noun, Verb
caliber
/xx
Noun
calibre
/xx
Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
campfire
/xx
Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
canal
x/
Noun, Verb
career
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
carriageway
/xx
Noun
cashier
x/
Noun, Verb
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
chimney
/x
Noun, Verb
cholera
/xx
Noun
chorus
/x
Noun, Verb
chorus line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
circumscribe
xx/
Verb
clean out
//
Phrase, Verb
clothes
/
Noun
coax
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
coherence
x/x
Noun
coherent
x/x
Adjective
collection
x/x
Noun
column
/x
Noun
combusted
x/x
Verb
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
conflagration
xx/x
Noun
conformance
x/x
Noun
conformity
x/xx
Noun
conga line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
congruence
/xx
Noun
conjunction
x/x
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
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