"fire at will" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=fire at will}} fire at will
  1. (military) Fire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar. Categories (topical): Military Translations (military command): foc a discreció! (Catalan), 自由射擊! (Chinese Mandarin), 自由射击! (zìyóu shèjī!) (Chinese Mandarin), ilden fri (Danish), vuur naar believen! (Dutch), tuli vapaa! (Finnish), feu à volonté ! (French), Feuer frei! (German), πυρ κατά βούληση! (pyr katá voúlisi!) (Greek), fuoco a volontà! (Italian), 発砲許可 (Japanese), آتش به اختیار! (âtaš be extiyâr!) (Persian), strzelajcie bez rozkazu (Polish), fogo à vontade! (Portuguese), foc de voie! (Romanian), огонь по готовности! (ogonʹ po gotovnosti!) (Russian), пуцај по вољи! [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pucaj po volji! [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ¡fuego a discreción! (Spanish), efterhand eld! (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fire_at_will-en-phrase-d6XPkhY5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English imperative sentences Topics: government, military, politics, war

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          "code": "ca",
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          "word": "foc a discreció!"
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          "word": "vuur naar believen!"
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          "sense": "military command",
          "word": "πυρ κατά βούληση!"
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          "word": "fuoco a volontà!"
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          "sense": "military command",
          "word": "発砲許可"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âtaš be extiyâr!",
          "sense": "military command",
          "word": "آتش به اختیار!"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "military command",
          "word": "strzelajcie bez rozkazu"
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          "sense": "military command",
          "word": "fogo à vontade!"
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          "sense": "military command",
          "word": "foc de voie!"
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          "roman": "ogonʹ po gotovnosti!",
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          "word": "огонь по готовности!"
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      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "foc a discreció!"
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      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "tuli vapaa!"
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      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "feu à volonté !"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "Feuer frei!"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pyr katá voúlisi!",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "πυρ κατά βούληση!"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "fuoco a volontà!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "発砲許可"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âtaš be extiyâr!",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "آتش به اختیار!"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "strzelajcie bez rozkazu"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "fogo à vontade!"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "foc de voie!"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogonʹ po gotovnosti!",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "огонь по готовности!"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "military command",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пуцај по вољи!"
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      "sense": "military command",
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      "word": "pucaj po volji!"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "military command",
      "word": "¡fuego a discreción!"
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