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

By 9 March it was "all under the fire control of the enemy - drones around the clock. In one minute you can see two to three drones. That's a lot," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 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

Another witness, Keith Hodgson, said he saw smoke and came over to the area at about 12:15 p.m. with his tractor to help with fire control.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

This could be the equipment that they normally used for fire control.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.