open fire

1. 1.

   start firing a weapon

   Synonymsfire

   Broaderblast

Questions about open fire

What does open fire mean?

open fire means "start firing a weapon".

What is another word for open fire?

Close synonyms include fire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is open fire a common word?

open fire is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.