firebase
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of firebase
Example Sentences
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Flying into a remote US-manned firebase in the mountainous Paktika province in a Blackhawk helicopter, my BBC crew and I were told cheerfully: "You've come to the worst place in the world".
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
In 1970, it was decided — “by vainglorious minds, smaller than mine,” Tim wrote — to reopen a long abandoned Marine firebase in the heart of the A Shau Valley, near the border with Laos.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022
He was wounded and won a Distinguished Service Cross for defending a firebase that was partly overrun by Vietcong, the Communist insurgents in the south.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2016
One morning in the latter part of March, Task Force Barker moved out from its firebase headed for “Pinkville.”
From Time ● Mar. 16, 2015
"We don't have to win," says Howard, the commander of the Orgun-e firebase.
From Time Magazine Archive
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