field of fire

American  

noun

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

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field of fire British  

noun

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

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field of fire

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Their favorite stakeouts are the edges of heavily wooded areas with a clear field of fire in front.

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

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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