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Definition of friendly fire noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

friendly fire

noun
 
/ˌfrendli ˈfaɪə(r)/
 
/ˌfrendli ˈfaɪər/
[uncountable]
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  1. in a war, if people are killed or injured by friendly fire, they are hit by a bomb or weapon that is fired by their own side
    • Several soldiers were killed in friendly fire due to a mistake by allied forces.
    synonym fratricide (3)
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFriendly fire is used before these nouns:
    • incident
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