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friendly fire

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friendly fire
noun /ˌfɹɛnd.liˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
Weapons fire from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces or enemy fire.

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  • Friendly Fire — (engl. befreundeter Beschuss) bzw. Freundbeschuss ist ein euphemistischer Ausdruck aus dem US amerikanischen Militärjargon, der den irrtümlichen Beschuss eigener oder verbündeter Streitkräfte in einer kriegerischen Auseinandersetzung bezeichnet.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Friendly fire — (engl. befreundeter Beschuss) bzw. Freundbeschuss ist ein euphemistischer Ausdruck aus dem US amerikanischen Militärjargon, der den irrtümlichen Beschuss eigener oder verbündeter Streitkräfte in einer kriegerischen Auseinandersetzung bezeichnet.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • friendly fire — Fire burning in a place where it was intended to burn, although damages may result. In a military conflict, the discharge of weapons against one s own troops. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. friendly fire …   Law dictionary

  • friendly fire — friend ly fire , n. (Mil.) Weapons fire[9], such as artillery or aerial bombardment, from one s own forces; used mostly when troops do damage or cause casualties among their own forces; as, the tank was hit by friendly fire. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Friendly fire — For other uses, see Friendly Fire (disambiguation). Blue on blue redirects here. For other uses, see Blue on blue (disambiguation). Friendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one s own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage… …   Wikipedia

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  • friendly fire — 1. Insurance. a fire deliberately set and remaining contained, as in a fireplace or boiler, from which any resulting loss cannot be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to hostile fire). 2. (in military combat) fire, as by artillery, by one …   Universalium

  • friendly fire — In casualty reporting, a casualty circumstance applicable to persons killed in action or wounded in action mistakenly or accidentally by friendly forces actively engaged with the enemy, who are directing fire at a hostile force or what is thought …   Military dictionary

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