Associations to the word «Crossfire»

Wiktionary

CROSSFIRE, noun. (military) lines of fire from multiple positions that cross in a small region
CROSSFIRE, noun. (by extension) a heated confrontation between opposing factions

Dictionary definition

CROSSFIRE, noun. A lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions.
CROSSFIRE, noun. Fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope