groundfire

Etymology

From ground + fire.

groundfire means gunfire directed at aircraft from the ground. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.

noun

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.”