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open fire

open fire noun: an uncovered fire.

Noun

open fire (plural open fires)

  1. An uncovered fire.
    • We roasted chestnuts over an open fire.

Verb

open fire (third-person singular simple present opens fire, present participle opening fire, simple past and past participle opened fire)

  1. (idiomatic) To begin firing (weapons) at something or someone.
    • In warfare, whoever opens fire first has a greater chance of victory.
    • The Atlanta was swinging through her own turn to avoid a collision with the van when the searchlight, probably from the destroyer Akatsuki, lit upon her from abaft the port beam. Captain Jenkins reacted as commanders had been trained in peacetime: "Counter-illuminate!" he shouted. His gunnery...2011, James D. Hornfischer, “28: Into the Light”, in Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, retrieved 21 Nov 2022, pages 273–274

open fire meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog

open fire in Tamil

துப்பாக்கிச் சூட்டினைத் துவங்குதல், நடத்துதல், பாதுகாவலில் தீ

open fire in Bengali

খোলা আগুন, চুল্লি

open fire in Tagalog

an uncovered fire
dapog

Forms of open fire

Noun
pluralopen fires
Verb
third-person singular presentopens fire
present participleopening fire
past participleopened fire
pastopened fire

Questions about open fire

What does open fire mean?
Open fire means an uncovered fire.
What is open fire in Tamil?
Open fire in Tamil is துப்பாக்கிச் சூட்டினைத் துவங்குதல், நடத்துதல், பாதுகாவலில் தீ. See Open fire meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is open fire?
Open fire can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of open fire?
The plural of open fire is open fires.

Words near open fire in the dictionary

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  2. open field
  3. open fields
  4. open file
  5. open files
  6. open fire
  7. open fires
  8. open floor plan
  9. open floor plans
  10. open flue
  11. open flues

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: open fire (page history and authors); open fire (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); open fire (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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