fire control

American  

noun

Military.

1. technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.

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fire control British  

noun

1. military the procedures by which weapons are brought to engage a target

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Other Word Forms

• fire-control adjective

Etymology

Origin of fire control

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

"The fire control centre gave us 20 litres of fuel and lent us leaf blowers. Once the season ends, we have to return them," he told AFP, standing before a blackened, ash-strewn stretch of land.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The purchase for an undisclosed sum is meant to boost Anduril’s capabilities in space domain awareness, battle management and fire control.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

When an alarm goes off, the person in charge of the fire control dashboard is expected to check the location, according to the head of the Turkish Fire Protection and Education Foundation.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

"We do need to implement better fire control and have more prescribed burns to use up plant fuel. We need to get rid of the old stuff," Gomez said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

The surveillance and tracking gear and the laser-quads' fire control computers should be there.

From The Universe — or Nothing by Moldeven, Meyer