fire-fight

Noun

firefight (plural firefights)

1. A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
   • Military Specialization
     Soldier
     Soldiers are combat specialists ideal for the front lines of a firefight.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Profile Reconstruction
2. (figuratively) An intense argument.
   • Correct. That was actually my first internet controversy many years ago, with the kinists, white identitarians — I call them skinists. And I’ve been in polemical firefights with antisemites and actual misogynists, not people who are accused of being that way.2025 October 9, Ross Douthat, quoting Doug Wilson, “He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...

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