field of fire

American

noun

the area covered by a weapon or group of weapons firing from a given position.

field of fire British

noun

the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover with fire from a given position

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Each stubbed his well-polished boot when he stepped outside his own field of fire.

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"I was praying for a clear field of fire."

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The gadget flooded his field of fire with invisible infra-red light.

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They flew in reinforcements, swept the outskirt junglebrush to clear their field of fire, and borrowed the royal elephants to haul wood for their entrenchments.

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Guns were usually placed at the salients, where they could get the widest field of fire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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