Sentence examples for firing point from inspiring English sources
noun
A prepared fighting position from which infantry can defend territory with minimal exposure to return fire.
The gun then traveled in its various pieces until it was reassembled at the firing point.
The comparison with "Third of May, 1808," which depicts Napoleonic forces firing point blank on Spanish civilians, is poignant.
About 500 yards in the other direction, he noted an unoccupied house, also close to the village, that he said was another Hezbollah firing point.
Watch closely, should these videos appear, and take note of what weapons the fighters in the videos will be holding, and whether the firing point is shown.
About 200 yards to one side of the post, close to the village, Lieutenant McGuane pointed to an intersection of low stone walls used as a mortar firing point by Hezbollah.
In a torpedo attack, for instance, if you knew what courses and speeds your torpedo could produce, your "computer" could figure out what course and speed you had to take to reach your optimum firing point.
The Countdown to Conviction Coalition, a local activist group, said in a statement that video of the incident – which showed Tensing firing point-blank at DuBose's head – and the fact he was wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt under his uniform at the time of the shooting did not "add up to a hung jury".
"We used it to look for insurgent firing points and check out exposed areas of the ground before crossing, which is a real asset," said Sgt. Christopher Petherbridge.
The soldiers and policemen we were travelling with squeezed off long burts from their rifles, and the trucks carrying the support weapons careered up and down the track, firing point-blank into the bush with anti-aircraft guns and salvos of rockets, which resulted in dull thuds and jarring booms.
If you only wound the rabbit, put it out of it misery as fast as you can by firing point-blank at the spot behind the eye.
The Liberty did not know how to stop Fire point guard Ukari Figgs.
