zone fire

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   artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations

   Broaderartillery fire

Questions about zone fire

What does zone fire mean?

zone fire means "artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations".

Is zone fire a common word?

zone 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.