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
Venturing out to a pesh merga firebase on the forward front line, he climbed the parapet to train his binoculars on a village, perhaps 700 or 800 yards away down the hillside.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 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
Just two miles from Pakistan's border, the Shkin firebase acts as a choke point on fighters coming out of the mountains.
From Time Magazine Archive
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