| 单词 | concentric fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconcentric fire 4. Military. Designating weapon fire concentrated on one point. Chiefly in concentric fire. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing point and blank1590 false fire1602 potting1613 point-blank1614 running fire1629 pounding1633 bulleting1635 platooning1706 sharp-shot1725 street firing1727 ricochet1740 fire curtain1744 plunging fire1747 reverse fire1758 sniping1773 enfilade1796 rapid fire1800 line-firing1802 concentric1804 sharpshooting1806 rake1810 sniping fire1821 cross-firing1837 file-firing1837 curved fire1854 night firing1856 file-fire1857 volley-firing1859 cross-fire1860 joy-firing1864 snap-shooting1872 stringing1873 pot-shooting1874 indirect fire1879 sweeping1907 rapid1913 curtain of fire1916 ripple1939 ripple-firing1940 ripple fire1961 1804 Brit. Mil. Libr. (new ed.) I. xii. 470 The first échelon would be necessarily beaten, because it is surrounded by a concentric fire. 1837 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VI. l. 574 The severity of the concentric discharges,..was so great, that this gallant regiment,..wavered and broke. 1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 72 355 Subject every day to the concentric fire of the Radical press. 1858 Jewish Herald 1 June 81/2 In warfare now the plan is concentric firing, and bringing all your batteries, all your cannons, to bear upon one point. 1919 J. F. B. Livesay Canada's Hundred Days iv. v. 364 The men went into the attack in the dark, supported by a concentric barrage of great power. 2003 S. Dunstan Yom Kippur War I. 75 The effect of the concentric fire of four armoured brigades was devastating. < as lemmas |
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