groundfire

noun

groundfire

noun

Etymology From ground + fire.

1

Gunfire directed at aircraft from the ground.

Mr. Chaika described the old approach, before Chechnya’s airport was sacked: the plane would circle high over Grozny, and then descend in a harrowing corkscrew, hoping to dodge groundfire.2007 September 11, C.J. Chivers, “Nonstop to Chechnya: As War Ebbs, Flights Return”, in New York Times:

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