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groundfire

groundfire noun: gunfire directed at aircraft from the ground.

Noun

groundfire (uncountable)

  1. Gunfire directed at aircraft from the ground.
    • Mr. Chaika described the old approach, before Chechnya’s airport was sacked: the plane would circle high over Grozny, and then descend in a harrowing corkscrew, hoping to dodge groundfire.2007 September 11, C.J. Chivers, “Nonstop to Chechnya: As War Ebbs, Flights Return”, in New York Times

Forms of groundfire

alternative formground fire

Origin of groundfire

From ground + fire.

Questions about groundfire

What does groundfire mean?
Groundfire means gunfire directed at aircraft from the ground.
What part of speech is groundfire?
Groundfire is a noun.

Words near groundfire in the dictionary

  1. grounden
  2. grounder
  3. grounders
  4. groundes
  5. groundest
  6. groundfire
  7. groundfish
  8. groundfished
  9. groundfisherman
  10. groundfishermen
  11. groundfishes

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