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PRONUNCIATION OF COVERING FIRE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COVERING FIRE

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Covering fire is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COVERING FIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Suppressive fire

In military science, suppressive fire is "fire that degrades the performance of an enemy force below the level needed to fulfill their mission. Suppression is usually only effective for the duration of the fire". It is one of three types of fire support, which is defined by NATO as “the application of fire, coordinated with the manoeuvre of forces, to destroy, neutralize or suppress the enemy.” Before NATO defined the term, the British and Commonwealth armies generally used “neutralisation” with the same definition as suppression. NATO now defines neutralization as “fire delivered to render a target temporarily ineffective or unusable.”...

Definition of covering fire in the English dictionary

The definition of covering fire in the dictionary is firing intended to protect an individual or formation making a movement by forcing the enemy to take cover.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COVERING FIRE

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coverage
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covered
covered market
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coverless
coverlet
Coverley
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covers
coversed sine
coversine
covert
covert cloth

WORDS THAT END LIKE COVERING FIRE

anti-aircraft fire
baptism of fire
battery fire
brush fire
catch fire
coal fire
fire
forest fire
friendly fire
gas fire
hang fire
like a house on fire
line of fire
liquid fire
no smoke without fire
on fire
open fire
rapid fire
red fire
set the world on fire
under fire

Synonyms and antonyms of covering fire in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «covering fire» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COVERING FIRE

Find out the translation of covering fire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of covering fire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «covering fire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

火力掩护
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fuego de cobertura
570 millions of speakers

English

covering fire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आग को कवर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

غطاء من النيران
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заградительный огонь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fogo de cobertura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আগুন আচ্ছাদন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contre le feu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meliputi api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Feuerschutz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

援護射撃
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불 을 다루는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Panutup geni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bắn che
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீ மூடுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आग आच्छादून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yangınla mücadele
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fuoco di copertura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokrycie ogniem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загороджувальний вогонь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foc de acoperire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καλύπτοντας φωτιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wat vuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

täcker brand
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dekningsild
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of covering fire

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COVERING FIRE»

The term «covering fire» is regularly used and occupies the 100.130 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COVERING FIRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about covering fire

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COVERING FIRE»

Discover the use of covering fire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to covering fire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. ...
New York. 26355-20370 Advisory automobile abridged rate and preminm manual. 1938. For the state of Iowa covering fire and transportation, theft, comprehensive, collision and miscellaneous perils. © Apr. 4; AA 269515. For the state of ...
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1938
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Essentials Of Practical Journalism
Another important source in covering fire stories is the fire marshal, whose job is to determine the cause of the fire and, if arson is involved, to bring charges against the arsonist. You should make every effort to talk with the fire marshal at the ...
Vir Bala Aggarwal, 2006
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Not Mentioned in Despatches: The History and Mythology of ...
Dil [dey] moved further to the right with Josh Riley and Robbo Pain clearing two or three more trenches. Eversleigh and Corporal Pearson were on the right. [Dey] gave covering fire, firing from the knee as they withdrew.6 To locate the enemy ...
Spencer Fitz-Gibbon, 2006
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Dictionary of Military Terms
firearm fireteam moves, while another soldier or vehicle or sub-unit gives covering fire; the platoon made good use of fire and manoeuvre in the assault, fire control - control exercised by a commander over the weapons under his command; ...
Richard Bowyer, 1999
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Hidden Account of the Romanovs
He placed himself at the head of a mixed group of Coldstream and Irish Guards. He put Lance Sergeant Skelton, who knew Alex's methods well, in command of some fourteen Grenadiers. Under a hail of aimed covering fire from Huggin's fire  ...
John Browne, 2013
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The Bren Gun
Where possible, the two elements would form a 90-degree angle with the enemy at the apex: 'This enables the gun to give covering fire up to the last possible moment. It is of course an ideal which will not always be attained' (War Office 1944: ...
Neil Grant, 2013
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The Bavarian Gate
Again they had covering fire from the woods. The instant the covering fire stopped, Macurdy rose to his knees, pumping silent plasma charges toward the men who'd shot, then dropped prone again. At almost the same moment, the men on the ...
John Dalmas, 1997
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Antitank Covering Fire and Minefield Effectiveness Model
The report presents a detailed discussion and documentation of a computerized expected value model designed to quantify the combined and individual attrition effects of an antitank minefield and direct fire antitank weapons.
Thomas A. Romanko, ARMY MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACTIVITY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD., 1975
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Clouds Above the Hill: Volume III: A Historical Novel of the ...
Providing covering fire is difficult because it involves shooting just over the heads of friendly troops and pulverizing only the enemy. But in a narrow space like the top of 203Meter Hill, where the line between friend and foe crisscrosses, ...
Shiba Ryōtarō, Phyllis Birnbaum, 2013
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The Combat Soldier: Infantry Tactics and Cohesion in the ...
The Training and Employment ofPlatoons (1918) developed these themes of fire and movement, noting that even if a platoon was itself held up, it should provide covering fire for its neighbour to work a flank: 'If held up, open covering fire to ...
Anthony King, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COVERING FIRE»

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New Metal Gear Solid V Gameplay Footage
We see long range coordinated attacks, covering fire, Quiet scouting out the area ahead and even shooting a grade thrown by Snake into the ... «n3rdabl3, Jul 15»
2
Snake's got a remote-controlled rocket hand and other neat tricks in …
Able to take orders, autonomously provide covering fire, scout ahead to mark enemies, and set up ammo drops for Snake if he runs low. «GameDynamo, Jul 15»
3
India returns boy, Pak kills jawan
"The forces have launched a search as the Pakistani troops may have provided covering fire to some infiltrating militants," he added. «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
GameFocus High Fives, June 2015 - Jesse
... facing off against a veritable army of mercenaries or plundering places in the world best left untouched, Sully was there with covering fire or a ... «GameFocus, Jul 15»
5
Eamonn Holmes sends viewers into Twitter frenzy wearing white …
But the Belfast-born presenter got some heavyweight covering fire from television presenter and fashion expert Gok Wan, who wrote: "I like it. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
Pak Army helping militants: DIG
Police officials on Saturday claimed that Pakistani Army is helping the militants by providing covering fire. " The encounter between the militants ... «Kasmir Monitor, Jul 15»
7
World War Two heroine's George Cross could fetch £300k
On her last mission to disrupt the German response to the D-Day landings, she sacrificed herself by providing covering fire until her ammunition ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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From the Publisher: Around the World
The court's decision gives all the partisans covering fire so they actually can go to work and act like a Congress without being accused of being ... «Malibu Times, Jul 15»
9
Sanctions on Pakistan?
The Pakistan army helps them to cross the LoC by providing “covering fire”. The Pakistan government continues to claim that it provides only ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
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Why did Rahul and Sonia sneak out when Congress has BJP on the …
The Gandhi family went out of the country in mid-June even as the Congress party offered covering fire. Their prolonged absence has thus ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»

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