CROSSFIRE


Meaning of CROSSFIRE in English

[noun] [U] - firing guns from two or more places at the same time, so that their lines of shooting crossOne boat of refugees was caught in the naval crossfire and sunk.(figurative) The Health Minister, who resigned today, claims she is an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of the current battle over inflation.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.