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HIGH-ANGLE FIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high-angle fire mean? 

HIGH-ANGLE FIRE (noun)
  The noun HIGH-ANGLE FIRE has 1 sense:

1. fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum rangeplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH-ANGLE FIRE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH-ANGLE FIRE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("high-angle fire" is a kind of...):

artillery fire; cannon fire (fire delivered by artillery)


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