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Definition of Crossfires
1. crossfire [n] - See also: crossfire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossfires
Literary usage of Crossfires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fortnightly Review (1872)
"... motion in England to forbid the Indian Government from allot ing public money
to ang religious institution would place us between two bitter crossfires, ..."
2. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"Crippled after running a gauntlet of crossfires, it fluttered back to base
headquarters two miles south at Tarn Ky, where it sputtered out altogether. ..."
3. Joseph H. Choate by Theron George Strong (1917)
"He thought his safest plan between these two crossfires would be 'to sit down.
[Laughter.] But he wished to say a word or two about the peculiar features of ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"The artillery on Cemetery Hill was thus subject to more than a half circle of
crossfires. Atl o'clock the signal gun was fired, and the cannonading ..."
5. Campaign Sketches of the War with Mexico by William Seaton Henry (1847)
"On my way there, the first point of interest was the citadel, from which issued
those spiteful crossfires over the plain. It is a regular bastion-work, ..."
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