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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹɒsfaɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɹɔːsfaɪɹ/ [US] Forms: crossfires [plural]
Etymology: From cross- + fire. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|fire}} cross- + fire Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} crossfire (countable and uncountable, plural crossfires)
  1. (military) An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
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  2. The danger to a third party passing between two belligerents firing at one another. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. The danger to a third party passing between a gunman and his target. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  4. (by extension) A heated confrontation between opposing factions. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (heated confrontation): sanaharkka (Finnish), kiistely (Finnish), riita (Finnish), riitely (Finnish), fogo cruzado [masculine] (Portuguese), перекрёстный ого́нь (perekrjóstnyj ogónʹ) [masculine] (Russian), çapraz ateş (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (lines of fire): গুলীয়াগুলী (guliaguli) (Assamese), кръ́стосан о́гън (krǎ́stosan ógǎn) [masculine] (Bulgarian), foc creuat [masculine] (Catalan), 交火 (jiāohuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), křížová palba [feminine] (Czech), krydsild [common-gender] (Danish), ristituli (Finnish), feux croisés [masculine, plural] (French), Kreuzfeuer [feminine] (German), אֵשׁ צוֹלֶבֶת (esh tzolévet) [feminine] (Hebrew), kereszttűz (Hungarian), fuoco incrociato [masculine] (Italian), 十字砲火 (jūjihōka) (alt: じゅうじほうか) (Japanese), ogień krzyżowy [masculine] (Polish), fogo cruzado [masculine] (Portuguese), перекрёстный ого́нь (perekrjóstnyj ogónʹ) [masculine] (Russian), fuego cruzado [masculine] (Spanish), korseld [common-gender] (Swedish), çapraz ateş (Turkish), перехре́сний вого́нь (perexrésnyj vohónʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'lines of fire': 32 28 12 27

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      "tags": [
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    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "guliaguli",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "গুলীয়াগুলী"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "krǎ́stosan ógǎn",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кръ́стосан о́гън"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foc creuat"
    },
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      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāohuǒ",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "交火"
    },
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      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "křížová palba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krydsild"
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    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
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      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "ristituli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "feux croisés"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kreuzfeuer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "esh tzolévet",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אֵשׁ צוֹלֶבֶת"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "kereszttűz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuoco incrociato"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "alt": "じゅうじほうか",
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      "roman": "jūjihōka",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "十字砲火"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ogień krzyżowy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fogo cruzado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perekrjóstnyj ogónʹ",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перекрёстный ого́нь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuego cruzado"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "korseld"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "çapraz ateş"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 28 12 27",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perexrésnyj vohónʹ",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перехре́сний вого́нь"
    }
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    "crossfire"
  ],
  "word": "crossfire"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Assamese translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
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      "name": "af"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them."
      ],
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        [
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          "military"
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        "(military) An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them."
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      ],
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        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
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        {
          "text": "The two factions were either side of the road. A civilian lorry was caught in the crossfire and became collateral damage",
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        }
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        "The danger to a third party passing between two belligerents firing at one another."
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2024 May 15, Geneva Abdul, “Woman hit in London drive-by shooting was not intended target, police say”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "A woman who was caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in north London on Tuesday evening was not the intended target, police have said.",
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        "(by extension) A heated confrontation between opposing factions."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɹɒsfaɪə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɹɔːsfaɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "guliaguli",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "গুলীয়াগুলী"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krǎ́stosan ógǎn",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кръ́стосан о́гън"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foc creuat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāohuǒ",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "交火"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "křížová palba"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krydsild"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "ristituli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "feux croisés"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kreuzfeuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "esh tzolévet",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אֵשׁ צוֹלֶבֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "kereszttűz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuoco incrociato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅうじほうか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūjihōka",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "十字砲火"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ogień krzyżowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fogo cruzado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perekrjóstnyj ogónʹ",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перекрёстный ого́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuego cruzado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "korseld"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "word": "çapraz ateş"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perexrésnyj vohónʹ",
      "sense": "lines of fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перехре́сний вого́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "heated confrontation",
      "word": "sanaharkka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "heated confrontation",
      "word": "kiistely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "heated confrontation",
      "word": "riita"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "heated confrontation",
      "word": "riitely"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heated confrontation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fogo cruzado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perekrjóstnyj ogónʹ",
      "sense": "heated confrontation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перекрёстный ого́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "heated confrontation",
      "word": "çapraz ateş"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "crossfire"
  ],
  "word": "crossfire"
}

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