field of fire

noun

1. the area covered by a weapon or group of weapons firing from a given position.

field of fire

noun

1. the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover with fire from a given position

Example Sentences

"This area cuts off Gaza City from the south of the strip, making it an effective control line to monitor or limit movement, and has relatively open fields of fire."

From BBC

This, archaeologist Dr Stuart Eve said, would make it possible to "simulate the different fields of fire", and to record the conditions combatants faced during the course of the campaign.

From BBC

Looking at her own children, terrible images flashed through her head, like a field of fire.

From New York Times

Franklin said Gardner asked in one of his messages whether the “field of fire inside The Hive going outside was clear.”

From Seattle Times

Bad times: The ranch’s wooded slopes would become fields of fire to protect the camp’s inhabitants from their most dangerous threat — other people.

From Washington Post