Under-fire Synonyms

Subjected to enemy attack or censure
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. under attack
  2. in-action
  3. at the front
  4. embattled

Words Related to Under-fire

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. fighting
  2. Jodian
  3. Duncain
  4. Kenwyne
  5. lambaste
  6. on the offensive
  7. allardyce
  8. Levein

Under-fire Sentence Examples

  • Changes to the song also came under fire.

  • The crew left the ship because it was under fire.

  • The crew left the ship in the only cutter left under fire.

  • And his division remained under fire for some time quite uselessly.

  • Kohlberg's and Piaget's theories have come under fire.

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