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gunfire
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gunfire has 1 sense
- gunfire(n = noun.act) gunshot - the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" is a kind of shooting, shot
has particulars: enfilade, enfilade fire, snipe
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gunfire, n.
1 the firing of a gun or guns, esp. repeatedly.
2 the noise from this.
1 the firing of a gun or guns, esp. repeatedly.
2 the noise from this.
THESAURUS
gunfire
antiaircraft fire, bowshot, bullet, cannon, cross fire, curtain fire, detonation, direct fire, discharge, dry fire, ejection, file fire, fire, fire of demolition, firepower, fireworks, firing, flack, flak, fusillade, ground fire, gun, gunfight, gunplay, gunshot, high-angle fire, horizontal fire, interdiction fire, machine-gun fire, mortar fire, musketry, percussion fire, pistol fire, potshot, raking fire, rapid fire, ricochet fire, rifle fire, salvo, shellfire, shoot-out, shooting, shot, spray, stoneshot, tattoo, time fire, vertical fire, volley, zone fire
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