Sentence examples for field of fire from inspiring English sources
noun
The area that a projectile weapon (or group of weapons) can reach from a given position.
We are assured of a clear and unimpeded field of fire.
Now that all hostages are dead or rescued, the field of fire is clear for the Philippine armed forces.
In Woo's free-for-alls, innocence is no immunity; anyone caught in the field of fire is fair game.
"Roads and alleys channelize your movements, and they give a great field of fire for the enemy".
He ran through the field of fire to help pry the bodies of three Americans from the wreckage.
The only approach was up a funnel-shaped stretch of open turf that gave them a clear field of fire to repulse any counterattack.
The area into which the town expanded, now called L'Eixample ("the Extension"), was open land left originally to give a clear field of fire from the city walls.
After the recovery of Calcutta (1757), this fort was demolished and a new one constructed farther south, with an unobstructed field of fire.
There had been half a dozen houses between that of the Bakrans and the border: they had all been destroyed, now there was a clear field of fire.
The gunman had a narrower field of fire than in previous killings because of the narrow bus door, law-enforcement officials noted.
Today, if Mr. Tubman's palace had had Fort Leavenworth walls and an open field-of-fire perimeter, the diplomat's question would be perfectly reasonable.
