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  1. to spend time on problems that need to be dealt with quickly, instead of working in a calm, planned way: Will the new manager be able to do anything other than firefight? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dealing with things or people. addressable.

    • Firefighting

      FIREFIGHTING definition: 1. the activity of stopping fires...

  2. 1. a. : a usually brief intense exchange of fire between opposing military units. b. : a hostile confrontation that involves gunfire. 2. : skirmish sense 2b. Examples of firefight in a Sentence. a firefight between police and bank robbers.

  3. noun. an exchange of gunfire between two opposing forces, especially a skirmish between military forces. firefight. / ˈfaɪəˌfaɪt / noun. a brief small-scale engagement between opposing military ground forces using short-range light weapons.

  4. noun. a brief small-scale engagement between opposing military ground forces using short-range light weapons. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. firefight in American English. (faɪrˌfaɪt ) noun. an intense, usually brief, exchange of gunfire between soldiers of small military units.

  5. (ˈfaɪəˌfaɪt) n. (Military) a brief small-scale engagement between opposing military ground forces using short-range light weapons. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014. fire•fight. (ˈfaɪərˌfaɪt) n.

  6. noun. /ˈfaɪəfaɪt/ /ˈfaɪərfaɪt/ (specialist) a battle where guns are used, involving soldiers or the police Topics War and conflict c2. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English. See firefight in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

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  8. An intense, usually brief, exchange of gunfire between soldiers of small military units. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Other Word Forms of Firefight. Noun. Singular: firefight. Plural: firefights. Firefight Sentence Examples.

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