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covering fire
Overview of noun covering-fire
The noun covering fire has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cover, covering fire -- (fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations; "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun covering-fire
1 sense of covering fire
Sense 1
cover, covering fire
=> fire, firing
=> attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
=> operation, military operation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun covering-fire
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun covering-fire
1 sense of covering fire
Sense 1
cover, covering fire
=> fire, firing
Antonyms of noun covering-fire
Member Holonyms of noun covering-fire
Substance Holonyms of noun covering-fire
Part Holonyms of noun covering-fire
Member Meronyms of noun covering-fire
Substance Meronyms of noun covering-fire
Part Meronyms of noun covering-fire
Meronyms of noun covering-fire
Holonyms of noun covering-fire
Attributes of noun covering-fire
Derived Forms of noun covering-fire
Domain of noun covering-fire
Domain Terms of noun covering-fire
Familiarity of noun covering-fire
covering fire used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun covering-fire
1 sense of covering fire
Sense 1
cover, covering fire
> fire, firing
=> antiaircraft fire
=> barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling
=> broadside
=> fusillade, salvo, volley, burst
=> call fire
=> cover, covering fire
=> concentrated fire, massed fire
=> counterfire
=> counterpreparation fire
=> crossfire
=> destruction fire
=> direct fire
=> distributed fire
=> friendly fire, fratricide
=> hostile fire
=> grazing fire
=> harassing fire
=> indirect fire
=> interdiction fire
=> neutralization fire
=> observed fire
=> preparation fire
=> radar fire
=> registration fire
=> scheduled fire
=> searching fire
=> supporting fire
=> suppressive fire
=> unobserved fire
=> artillery fire, cannon fire
Meronyms of noun covering-fire
1 sense of covering fire
Sense 1
cover, covering fire
=> fire, firing
=> attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
HAS PART: assault
Holonyms of noun covering-fire
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