Firing-line synonyms

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battle-line
(Figuratively, usually plural) Any of those parts of a contest which, as a result of strategic decisions on both sides, are most closely fought and will likely determine the contest's course and outcome.
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battlefront
The area in which opponents or opposing ideas meet.
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enemy line
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front
To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
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front-line
A line or position of furthest progress or advancement
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line
(Soccer) The goal line
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line-of-battle
Troops, ships, etc. drawn up to fight
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Firing-line Sentence Examples

  • On the 22nd of July, when the Confederates under his old classmate Hood made a sudden and violent attack on the lines held by the Army of the Tennessee, McPherson rode up, in the woods, to the enemy's firing line and was killed.

  • At the outset, steamers and barges were used to convey the war material across, until the French ports became congested; then special barges were introduced to take goods direct into the French canals and thence as close to the firing line as possible.

  • Here we were still in the showery NW'ly airstream with the North Wales coast in the firing line.

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