preparation fire

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   fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault

   Broaderfire

Questions about preparation fire

What does preparation fire mean?

preparation fire means "fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault".

Is preparation fire a common word?

preparation 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.