Dictionary entry

Crossfire

Pronunciation: /ˈkrɒsfʌɪə/

Pronunciation

/ˈkrɒsfʌɪə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ညှပ်ပူးညှပ်ပိတ် ပစ်ခတ်ခြင်း။ မဆိုင်ဘဲ ကြားညှပ်ခံရခြင်း။ မြေစာပင်။

Definition

crossfire /'krɒsfaÇǝ(r); US 'krↄ:s-/ n [U] ၁။ ( military ) ညႇပ္ပူးညႇပ္ပိတ္ ပစ္ခတ္ျခင္း။ Doctors who went to help the wounded were caught in the crossfire. ၂။ မဆိုင္ဘဲ ၾကားညႇပ္ခံရျခင္း။ [ဥ] ေျမစာပင္။ When two industrial giants clash, small companies can get caught in the crossfire (ie become involved and suffer as a result).

Examples

  1. Several civilians were wounded in the crossfire.
  2. Kids often get caught in the crossfire when parents are divorcing.