fire control

noun Military.

technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.

Origin of fire control

First recorded in 1885–90

OTHER WORDS FROM fire control

fire-con·trol, adjective

Words nearby fire control

firebush, fire cherry, fire chief, fire clay, fire company, fire control, firecracker, firecracker flower, firecrest, fire-cure, fire curtain

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Example sentences from the Web for fire control

Others were mounted aloft in the tops, just as they were in our own days until the tops were required for fire-control platforms.
The British Navy Book|Cyril Field
This glass is issued as a part of the fire-control equipment to field artillery.
Visual Signaling|Signal Corps United States Army
During all this turmoil the fire-control plane pilot had kept his machine at work.
Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines|Charles Amory Beach
Come on, now, with more of your special brand of death, fire-control officer!
The Last Shot|Frederick Palmer

The ugly, deep red fireball from the exploding wreckage was still growing as Clay slammed down on the fire-control panel.
Code Three|Rick Raphael

British Dictionary definitions for fire control

fire control

noun

military the procedures by which weapons are brought to engage a target

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单词	fire control
释义	fire control noun Military. technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc. Origin of fire control First recorded in 1885–90 OTHER WORDS FROM fire control fire-con·trol, adjective Words nearby fire control firebush, fire cherry, fire chief, fire clay, fire company, fire control, firecracker, firecracker flower, firecrest, fire-cure, fire curtain Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fire control Others were mounted aloft in the tops, just as they were in our own days until the tops were required for fire-control platforms. The British Navy Book\|Cyril Field This glass is issued as a part of the fire-control equipment to field artillery. Visual Signaling\|Signal Corps United States Army During all this turmoil the fire-control plane pilot had kept his machine at work. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines\|Charles Amory Beach Come on, now, with more of your special brand of death, fire-control officer! The Last Shot\|Frederick Palmer The ugly, deep red fireball from the exploding wreckage was still growing as Clay slammed down on the fire-control panel. Code Three\|Rick Raphael British Dictionary definitions for fire control fire control noun military the procedures by which weapons are brought to engage a target Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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