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firing line en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle.
  2. A row of shooters.
  3. (figuratively) Line of fire, a situation in which someone or something is targeted.
    • Directly in their firing line was Sir Brian Robertson, the retired Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Land Forces in the Second World War, who had been appointed chairman of the British Transport Commission (BTC) in 1953. 2023 March 8, Howatd Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50:
  4. (idiomatic) The vanguard of an activity.

Forms

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firing lines Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

firing squad

Translations (7)

ru ли́ния огня́ (front line from which soldiers fire) · fr ligne de feu (front line from which soldiers fire) · ru огнево́й рубе́ж (front line from which soldiers fire) · fi ampumalinja (front line from which soldiers fire) · fi ampumatasa (line of shooters) · pl linia ognia (front line from which soldiers fire) · fi tulilinja (front line from which soldiers fire)