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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Discharge of a military weapon that injures or kills a member of one's own armed forces or an ally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
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- noun Weapons
fire fromallied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming fromenemy forces or enemy fire.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fire that injures or kills an ally
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