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gunfire [′gən ‚fīr] (ordnance) Use of artillery, rifles, and small arms as distinguished from the use of bayonets, swords, torpedoes, and bombs. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We cruised for a long time, sinking many vessels, all but one by gunfire, but we did not come across a German raider. The American gunfire ceased, except for a few heroic shots, but they still steamed on, obstinately unsubdued, bloody, battered, and wrathfully resistant, spitting bullets at the airships and unmercifully pounded by the German ironclads. |
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