Definitions for crossfire

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crossfire cross·fire

Spelling: [kraws-fahyer, kros‐]

IPA: /ˈkrɔsˌfaɪər, ˈkrɒs‐/

Crossfire is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 287 anagrams from letters in crossfire (cefiorrss).

Definitions for crossfire

noun

1. lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
2. a brisk exchange of words or opinions.
3. a situation involving conflicting claims, forces, etc.

Origin of crossfire

First recorded in 1855-60

Examples for crossfire

And when you are in public office, expect to get caught in the crossfire, especially if there are RICO statutes.

He also had a crossfire, that he used at times with telling effect.

A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.

The wounded are lying in heaps, and the crossfire of the Indians, now centering from all points, threatens utter extermination.

But no more so than the Sodexo building maintenance man or the two cops who were also killed in the crossfire.

But he knew vaguely that he'd been caught in a crossfire between the cautious Purcell and the bold, arrogant Glaudot.

These things also happen to people who you know are helpless, like random people caught in the crossfire.

Many more lives, often of civilians stuck in the crossfire, will be lost.

They were overeager to contact the fighters and one of them caught a crossfire as he roared in.

The wood rang with the crossfire of the foes who could not see each other.