hostile fire

nounInsurance.

an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).

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Increased utilization of helicopter transport meant the wounded made it to an operating room sooner, but close proximity also put nurses within range of hostile fire.
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Rupert Murdoch has a long history of successfully deflecting hostile fire about his influence on the news business.
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Whatever the cause, whether hostile fire or mishap or anything else, the tragic result was the same.
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Why art thou come alone, through the hostile fire, our halls to visit?
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For this greater exposure the battery had paid correspondingly, several of its men having been killed or wounded by hostile fire.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 | Various

A good deal of hostile fire all round us, especially close to the nullah, but nothing within 200 yards of the guns.
Servants of the Guns | Jeffery E. Jeffery
But ominously enough, amid all these signs of conflict no hostile fire seemed to come in his direction.
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They were, however, overwhelmed by the volume of hostile fire.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William Bewsher

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