firefight

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firefight

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From fire + fight.

noun firefights

A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire. Military Specialization Soldier Soldiers are combat specialists ideal for the front lines of a firefight.
figuratively An intense argument. Correct. That was actually my first internet controversy many years ago, with the kinists, white identitarians — I call them skinists. And I’ve been in polemical firefights with antisemites and actual misogynists, not people who are accused of being that way.

verb firefights · firefighting · firefought

To engage in a firefight. His goal: a patch of high ground called Sperwan Ghar, where he and his men firefought a thousand Taliban to take the hill and call in the air strikes critical to turning the tide.

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Deutsch	Feuergefecht, Feuerkampf
Română	schimb de focuri
Русский	перестрелка perestrelka

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@misc{firefight_2026,
  title = {firefight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/firefight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}