firefight

Etymology

From fire + fight.

firefight means A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.

noun

A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.“Military Specialization Soldier Soldiers are combat specialists ideal for the front lines of a firefight.”
An intense argument.“Correct. That was actually my first internet controversy many years ago, with the kinists, white identitarians — I call them skinists. And I’ve been in polemical firefights with antisemites and actual misogynists, not people who are accused of being that way.”

verb

To engage in a firefight.“His goal: a patch of high ground called Sperwan Ghar, where he and his men firefought a thousand Taliban to take the hill and call in the air strikes critical to turning the tide.”