fire control

noun

: the planning, preparation, and delivery of fire on targets

Examples of fire control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 1960, Lasell played a fire control officer in a Broadway production of Roman Candle. Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2024 Taiwan will receive 720 Switchblade missiles and accompanying fire control systems worth $60.2 million, according to a release from the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Tuesday. Brad Lendon, CNN, 19 June 2024 For many intellectuals, from Roman architect Vitruvius to 20th-century French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, fire control separates the civilized from the barbaric. Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024 The initiative will provide new and upgraded equipment to the Ministry of Civil Protection, including amphibious firefighting aircrafts, drones for aerial monitoring, fire detection and extinguishing systems, fire control centers and more than 1,000 firefighting vehicles. Paul Tugwell, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire control 

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Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fire control was in 1880

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“Fire control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20control. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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