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cross-fire
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Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
cross-fire
The crossing of lines of fire from two or more points or places.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cross-fire in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cross-fire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of cross-fire in a Sentence
I think it would be wise to leave the country. I am not talking about our diplomatic corps. I am talking about Americans who are there, i would hate for them to get caught in cross-fire, if in fact they did, and there’s no need for that.
The numbers will increase definitely, because the fighting is closing in toward the center, or the more populated area in Tripoli, where then there is a higher likelihood that more and more civilians will be trapped in the cross-fire and there will be more and more civilian casualties.
Police Secretary Yvan Assioma:
We don't have a precise idea of the origin of the shots fired, one or more perpetrators were taken down by our colleagues, there was a cross fire.
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