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crossfires

crossfires is the plural of crossfire.

Meaning of crossfire

Noun

crossfire (countable and uncountable, plural crossfires)

  1. An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.
  2. The danger to a third party passing between two belligerents firing at one another.
    • The two factions were either side of the road. A civilian lorry was caught in the crossfire and became collateral damage
  3. The danger to a third party passing between a gunman and his target.
    • A woman who was caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in north London on Tuesday evening was not the intended target, police have said.2024 May 15, Geneva Abdul, “Woman hit in London drive-by shooting was not intended target, police say”, in The Guardian
  4. (broadly) A heated confrontation between opposing factions.

Questions about crossfires

What is crossfires the plural of?
Crossfires is the plural of crossfire.

Words near crossfires in the dictionary

  1. crossfeed
  2. crossfeeding
  3. crossfeeds
  4. crossfield
  5. crossfire
  6. crossfires
  7. crossfish
  8. crossfishes
  9. crossfit
  10. crossfits
  11. crossfitted

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