"return fire" meaning in English

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        "The firing initiated after receiving incoming fire."
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        "(military) The firing initiated after receiving incoming fire."
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        "government",
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        "politics",
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  "word": "return fire"
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      "form": "returns fire",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "returning fire",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "returned fire",
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        "participle",
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      "form": "returned fire",
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        "To shoot at the person from whom fire is being received"
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        "(military) To shoot at the person from whom fire is being received"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to shoot back",
          "word": "besvare ilden"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to shoot back",
          "word": "besvare ild"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "antipyrovoló",
          "sense": "to shoot back",
          "word": "αντιπυροβολώ"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "return fire"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "antipyrovoló",
      "sense": "to shoot back",
      "word": "αντιπυροβολώ"
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  "word": "return fire"
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