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ALL meanings of friendly fire

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  • noun friendly fire Insurance. a fire deliberately set and remaining contained, as in a fireplace or boiler, from which any resulting loss cannot be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to hostile fire). 1
  • noun friendly fire (in military combat) fire, as by artillery, by one's own forces, especially when causing damage near or casualties to one's own troops. 1
  • uncountable noun friendly fire If you come under friendly fire during a battle, you are accidentally shot at by people on your own side, rather than by your enemy. 0
  • noun friendly fire firing by one's own side, esp when it harms one's own personnel 0
  • noun friendly fire a discharge of weapons which, although aimed at an enemy, results in casualties to the side firing the weapons 0
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