"return fire" meaning in All languages combined

See return fire on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} return fire (uncountable)
  1. (military) The firing initiated after receiving incoming fire. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-return_fire-en-noun-WzWY~tb4 Categories (other): Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 78 22 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Verb [English]

Forms: returns fire [present, singular, third-person], returning fire [participle, present], returned fire [participle, past], returned fire [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} return fire (third-person singular simple present returns fire, present participle returning fire, simple past and past participle returned fire)
  1. (military) To shoot at the person from whom fire is being received Translations (to shoot back): besvare ilden (Danish), besvare ild (Danish), αντιπυροβολώ (antipyrovoló) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-return_fire-en-verb-OBZkdggu Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
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