Sentence examples for return fire in from inspiring English sources

Most are reported as "resistance" killings — those that occur when police officers return fire in self-defense.

He said that in every case, casualties were a result of FLN men firing at security forces, who had to return fire in self-defense.

An American sergeant had to cajole a handful of Iraqis to return fire in an effort to rescue the officer, who later died.

"A violation by Hamas shooting from a mosque or school doesn't give the Israeli Army carte blanche to return fire in the name of force protection with everything and anything it has," he added.

But attacks on him by Mr. Cioffi, and a platoon of others who emerged in the 1970s, '80s and '90s -- including Dr. Sulloway Frederick Crewss, a retired professor of English at Berkeley; and Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, a former editor of Freud's letters -- have been met with vigorous return fire in scholarly journals.

In round four the champion was caught flush by a firm straight right and he took some further return fire in the next, despite peppering Hawk's chin with combinations from right uppercut to left hook.

One suspect, Simo Drljaca, former police chief in the northwestern town of Prijedor, fired at the troops when they confronted him and the peacekeepers returned fire "in self defense," killing Mr. Drljaca, NATO officials said.

"This is the first time that India has actually escalated the response when they have been shelled, instead of returning fire in-kind.

Justice Scalia returned fire in a footnote.

General Franks said the Americans returned fire in self-defense.

The Israelis said they returned fire in response to mortar shells fired at Israeli troops.