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fire at will

fire at will phrase: fire when ready. As a command, it orders troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.

Phrase

fire at will

  1. Fire when ready. As a command, it orders troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.
    • Fire at will! [imperative]
    • Once we're in the woods, we plan to fire at will. [nonimperative]
    Antonyms:
    hold fire

fire at will meaning in Persian

fire at will in Persian

military command
آتش به اختیار! âtaš be extiyâr!

Antonyms of fire at will

Questions about fire at will

What does fire at will mean?
Fire at will means fire when ready. As a command, it orders troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.
What is fire at will in Persian?
Fire at will in Persian is آتش به اختیار! (âtaš be extiyâr!). See Fire at will meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is fire at will?
Fire at will is a phrase.

Words near fire at will in the dictionary

  1. fire appliances
  2. fire arm
  3. fire arms
  4. fire arrow
  5. fire arrows
  6. fire at will
  7. fire away
  8. fire ax
  9. fire axe
  10. fire axes
  11. fire balloon

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