crossfire

English

Etymology

cross- +‎ fire

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɒsfaɪə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɔːsfaɪɹ/
Hyphenation: cross‧fire

Noun

crossfire (countable and uncountable, plural crossfires)

(military) Lines of fire from multiple positions that cross in a small region
(by extension) A heated confrontation between opposing factions.

Translations

lines of fire

Assamese: গুলীয়াগুলী (guliaguli)
Bulgarian: кръстосан огън m (krǎstosan ógǎn)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 交火 (zh) (jiaōhuǒ)
Czech: křížová palba f
Danish: krydsild c
Finnish: ristituli (fi)
French: feux croisés m pl
German: Kreuzfeuer (de) f

Hebrew: אֵשׁ צוֹלֶבֶת‎ (he) f (esh tzolévet)
Italian: fuoco incrociato m
Japanese: 十字砲火 (じゅうじほうか, jūjihōka)
Polish: ogień krzyżowy m
Portuguese: fogo cruzado m
Russian: перекрёстный ого́нь m (perekrjóstnyj ogónʹ)
Spanish: fuego cruzado (es) m
Swedish: korseld c

heated confrontation

Finnish: sanaharkka (fi), kiistely (fi), riita (fi), riitely (fi)

Russian: перекрёстный ого́нь m (perekrjóstnyj ogónʹ)

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