counterfire

Anlam (İngilizce)

Noun

1. The firing of weapons in response.
2. A smaller fire lit at some distance from a wildfire, in order to develop a firebreak.

Verb

To light a smaller fire at some distance from a wildfire, in order to develop a firebreak.

Eş anlamlılar

backfire

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

From counter- + fire.