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Grammar : Verb

Definition of open fire

As in shoot : verb discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill
As in bombard : verb assault, attack

Example sentences :

The Sibyl only smiled and threw three of the books into the open fire.
Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd

Why did they open fire again when the Emperor had ordered that it should cease?
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

At this, the psychological moment, the order to open fire was given.
Extract from : « Submarine Warfare of To-day » by Charles W. Domville-Fife

So, then, there is a battery preparing to open fire upon us?
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

And if I'm chased I'll plunge for the place you're hidden, and you can open fire.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

The little "Cabot" was the first American ship to open fire on the enemy.
Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.

By the light of the open fire she could see that he was very pale.
Extract from : « Robert Hardy's Seven Days » by Charles Monroe Sheldon

So in walked "an open fire" and a "ray of sunshine," and "took off their things."
Extract from : « Prudy Keeping House » by Sophie May

Why is an open fire not the best means of heating and ventilating?
Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson

The first lieutenant was ordered to open fire with the eighteen-pounder.
Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various

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