Friendly-fire meaning

Discharge of a military weapon that injures or kills a member of one's own armed forces or an ally.
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A discharge of weapons which, although aimed at an enemy, results in casualties to the side firing the weapons.
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Weapons fire from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces or enemy fire.
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Friendly-fire Sentence Examples

  • D-day beaches, they had been hit by friendly fire and American planes killed his comrades.

  • munitions dump blew up, raising the friendly fire proportion of casualties to 31 per cent.

  • World leaders wash their hands of innocent blood: collateral damage unfortunate victims of friendly fire.

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