free-fire
free-fire adjective: designating an area in which military personnel have authority to shoot on anyone without obtaining prior clearance.
Adjective
free-fire (not comparable)
- Designating an area in which military personnel have authority to shoot on anyone without obtaining prior clearance.
- On 1 August 1793, the Convention had permitted its commanders there to introduce free-fire zones in troubled areas.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 485
- New Jersey, more readily associated with chemical plants than big game, describes the free-fire zone as a necessary measure to control a burgeoning bruin population in America's most densely populated state.2005 December 10, Suzanne Goldenburg, The Guardian
Questions about free-fire
- What does free-fire mean?
- Free-fire means designating an area in which military personnel have authority to shoot on anyone without obtaining prior clearance.
- What part of speech is free-fire?
- Free-fire is an adjective.
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