crossfire
/ˈkrɒsfʌɪə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkrɒsfʌɪə/
crossfire
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cros - sfire -> crossfire
Myanmar meaning
(n) ညှပ်ပူးညှပ်ပိတ် ပစ်ခတ်ခြင်း။ မဆိုင်ဘဲ ကြားညှပ်ခံရခြင်း။ မြေစာပင်။
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crossfire /'krɒsfaÇǝ(r); US 'krↄ:s-/ n [U]
၁။ (military ) ညှပ်ပူးညှပ်ပိတ် ပစ်ခတ်ခြင်း။ Doctors who went to help the wounded were caught in the crossfire.
၂။ မဆိုင်ဘဲ ကြားညှပ်ခံရခြင်း။ [ဥ] မြေစာပင်။ When two industrial giants clash, small companies can get caught in the crossfire (ie become involved and suffer as a result).
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altering, alternation, antagonism, attack, barrage, barter, battery, blast, bombarding, bombardment, bombing, broadside, burst, cannonade, cannonading, change, clash, clash of opinions, conflict, curtain of fire, disagreement, discharge, enfilade, exchange, explosion, fire, fireworks, firing, fusillade, fussilade, give-and-take, gunfire, hail, intersection, junction, mesh, networking, reciprocation, round, salvo, shelling, shift, shower, sniping, storm, switch, trade, transposition, variation, varying, volley, weapon fire
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