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COVERING FIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does covering fire mean?
• COVERING FIRE (noun)
The noun COVERING FIRE has 1 sense:
1. fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
Familiarity information: COVERING FIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cover; covering fire
Context example:
artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal
Hypernyms ("covering fire" is a kind of...):
fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)
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