counterbattery fire

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   fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems

   Broadercounterfire

Questions about counterbattery fire

What does counterbattery fire mean?

counterbattery fire means "fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems".

Is counterbattery fire a common word?

counterbattery fire is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.