"firefight" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: firefights [plural]
Etymology: From fire + fight. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|fight}} fire + fight Head templates: {{en-noun}} firefight (plural firefights)
  1. A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
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Verb [English]

Forms: firefights [present, singular, third-person], firefighting [participle, present], firefought [participle, past], firefought [past]
Etymology: From fire + fight. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|fight}} fire + fight Head templates: {{en-verb|||firefought}} firefight (third-person singular simple present firefights, present participle firefighting, simple past and past participle firefought)
  1. To engage in a firefight. Translations (Translations): перастрэлка (pjerastrelka) [feminine] (Belarusian), tulitaistelu (Finnish), Feuergefecht [neuter] (German), Feuerkampf [masculine] (German), wymiana ognia [feminine] (Polish), schimb de focuri [neuter] (Romanian), перестрелка (perestrelka) [feminine] (Russian)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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