distributed fire

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   fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target

   Broaderfire

Questions about distributed fire

What does distributed fire mean?

distributed fire means "fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target".

Is distributed fire a common word?

distributed 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.