| 单词 | friendly fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfriendly fire friendly fire n. Military weapon fire coming from one's own forces or allies, esp. (in later use) when it causes accidental death or injury to one's comrades. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > harm caused by war > to one's own side friendly fire1918 1918 N.Y. Times 18 Oct. 11 A machine gun barrage laid down on the enemy emplacements was friendly fire from a unit not in their support and acting without orders to cover their advance. 1944 N.Y. Times 3 Apr. 1/5 Admiral Nimitz disclosed that thirteen Americans had been killed and forty-six wounded by friendly fire in another ‘tragic episode’ of the war. 1966 Reader's Digest 105/2 ‘Drawing enemy fire from the right.’ ‘Negative, negative... Those are friendly troops down there.’ ‘Affirmative... Drawing friendly fire from the right.’ 1991 Independent 22 Feb. 3/1 Since the war began, more American troops are thought to have been killed by ‘friendly fire’ than by the Iraqis, most by air-launched missiles. 2003 A. Swofford Jarhead 212 Word has it that two light-armored-vehicle crew members were blown to fuck yesterday by friendly fire—an A-10 Warthog dropped a bomb on them, by mistake, a big fucking devastating bomb, by mistake. < as lemmas |
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