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friendly fire

NOUN
  1. fire that injures or kills an ally

How To Use friendly fire In A Sentence

  • He had twice been riding in an armoured vehicle that struck an improvised explosive device, and was injured once in friendly fire. Times, Sunday Times
  • Few details were released of the precise circumstances of the friendly fire incidents which caused the casualties.
  • Perhaps someday it will return to Victoria's inner harbour and enlighten the city with approbatory friendly fire in greedy pursuit of our oil, gas, and fresh water.
  • Veterans Affairs that, as a paratrooper and artilleryman, he exchanged fire with enemy combatants and was engaged in an incident of friendly fire. William Devereaux
  • Then Van Pelt asked what others say about Orakpo, and the subject of friendly fire again reared its bruise-rendering head. Teammates call LaRon Landry "Iron Man"
  • Over the last few months, he has compounded his sins by falling out with the All Black captain Richie McCaw, a secular saint here; only last month, he found himself on the wrong end of some friendly fire from the former Wallaby scrum-half and World Cup-winning captain Nick Farr-Jones, who described him as a "boofhead" for going out of his way to wind up the great flanker. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Another situational event is the effect of friendly fire on your own troops, fratricide in today's terms.
  • As the planes flew past I saw dozens of military personnel who had been involved in friendly fire incidents cowering in fear. The Sun
  • He had twice been riding in an armoured vehicle that struck an improvised explosive device, and was injured once in friendly fire. Times, Sunday Times
  • But for the units on the ground that have to keep fighting, the impact of friendly fire is no less debilitating for its infrequency. A Marine's Death by Friendly Fire Haunts Afghanistan Outpost
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