crossfire

[ UK /kɹˈɒsfa‍ɪ‍ə/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹɔsˌfaɪɹ, ˈkɹɔsfaɪɹ/ ]
NOUN
  1. fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross
  2. a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
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How To Use crossfire In A Sentence

  • One boat of refugees was caught in naval crossfire and sunk.
  • At this point HUAC investigators were already nosing around Hollywood and had expressed interest in Crossfire; an endorsement by the progressive, outspokenly antisegregationist AVC was likely seen as a hindrance rather than a help to Crossfire's public reception. back Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
  • My paladin is level 71, so also a candidate to hang out with Crossfire, but I don't want to go Retribution. WoW and Crossfire
  • Ingrid Newkirk appeared on CNN's Crossfire last week, and she was in a neck-and-neck competition with cohost Bill Press to see who could make the most outlandish statement.
  • A young girl is killed in crossfire after a routine arrest goes terribly wrong, and 4th of July by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro: Book summary
  • Though Maeve locates him quickly, their troubles have only begun, and they're soon caught in the crossfire of a heated battle between rich developers intent on gentrification and the last tenants at a decaying flophouse, a trio of old Jewish men calling themselves the Resistance. Review of "On the Nickel," a mystery by John Shannon
  • Police were trying to establish if she was the intended target of Tuesday's attack or whether she was caught in the crossfire of warring mob families. The Sun
  • The crossfire between the two groups was brutal.
  • Gunfights become remarkably tense, exciting affairs as you take cover in a crossfire of whistling ricochets.
  • The Frenchmen had been snatching boarding pikes from their racks about the mainmast, while others held axes or cutlasses, but one carronade forward and one aft provided a tangling crossfire that destroyed the boarding party. Sharpe's Trafalgar
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