covering fire
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Swenson said he offered support, as well as covering fire.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
In another round, I placed a turret mine around the corner of a debris field, just in front of our frigate, providing covering fire that would hit enemy bombers in their blind spot.
From The Verge ● Oct. 9, 2020
Our quickdraw renegade just keeps gun-slinging on Twitter, with plenty of covering fire from his trusty sidekick Piers, and lives to fight another day.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2014
In 1914 generals on horseback galloped across battlefields as men in cloth caps charged the enemy without the necessary covering fire.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2014
Marines sat in the bow of our launch to provide covering fire while we disembarked; which precaution seemed of little utility, for the docks were now empty of all enemies.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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