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"The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle."
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"(military) The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle."
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"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
"word": "tulilinja"
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"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
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"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
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"word": "ligne de feu"
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"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
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"word": "linia ognia"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ognevój rubéž",
"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
"word": "огнево́й рубе́ж"
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"word": "ли́ния огня́"
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"A row of shooters."
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"ref": "2023 March 8, Howatd Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50",
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"Line of fire, a situation in which someone or something is targeted."
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"(figurative) Line of fire, a situation in which someone or something is targeted."
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"The vanguard of an activity."
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"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
"word": "tulilinja"
},
{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
"word": "ampumalinja"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
"tags": [
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"word": "ligne de feu"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "linia ognia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ognevój rubéž",
"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
"word": "огнево́й рубе́ж"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "línija ognjá",
"sense": "front line from which soldiers fire",
"word": "ли́ния огня́"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "line of shooters",
"word": "ampumatasa"
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