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/hərˈæsɪŋ fˈaɪər/ Listen

Harassing fire

noun

Fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale.

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"Harassing fire" Quotes from Famous Books

... silence listened to the tidings of the massacre at Lexington, the destruction of stores at Concord, the quick gathering of the militia from the hills and dales around Reading and Roxbury, the retreat of the British under their harassing fire, until, worn out and disorganized, they had found a refuge in Boston. "And this is the postscript at the last moment," added the reader: "'Men are pouring in from all the country sides; Putnam left his plough in the furrow, and rode ...

— The Bow of Orange Ribbon - A Romance of New York • Amelia E. Barr

Words linked to "Harassing fire" : fire, firing