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plural firefights
A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire. quotations examples
Military SpecializationSoldierSoldiers are combat specialists ideal for the front lines of a firefight.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Profile Reconstruction
third-person singular simple present firefights, present participle firefighting, simple past and past participle firefought
To engage in a firefight. quotations examples
His goal: a patch of high ground called Sperwan Ghar, where he and his men firefought a thousand Taliban to take the hill and call in the air strikes critical to turning the tide.
2011 July 8, Mark Thompson, “Inside the Battle for Kandahar”, in Time