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crossfire
Overview of noun crossfire
The noun crossfire has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. crossfire -- (a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions)
2. crossfire -- (fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crossfire
2 senses of crossfire
Sense 1
crossfire
=> conversation
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
crossfire
=> fire, firing
=> attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
=> operation, military operation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun crossfire
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crossfire
2 senses of crossfire
Sense 1
crossfire
=> conversation
Sense 2
crossfire
=> fire, firing
Antonyms of noun crossfire
Member Holonyms of noun crossfire
Substance Holonyms of noun crossfire
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Part Meronyms of noun crossfire
Meronyms of noun crossfire
Holonyms of noun crossfire
Attributes of noun crossfire
Derived Forms of noun crossfire
Domain of noun crossfire
Domain Terms of noun crossfire
Familiarity of noun crossfire
crossfire used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun crossfire
2 senses of crossfire
Sense 1
crossfire
> conversation
=> crossfire
=> phatic speech, phatic communication
=> exchange
=> chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
=> gossiping, gossipmongering
=> talk, talking
=> nothings
=> commerce
=> colloquy
=> rap
=> rap session
=> second-hand speech
=> table talk
=> telephone conversation
=> tete-a-tete
Sense 2
crossfire
> fire, firing
=> antiaircraft fire
=> barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling
=> broadside
=> fusillade, salvo, volley, burst
=> call fire
=> cover, covering fire
=> concentrated fire, massed fire
=> counterfire
=> counterpreparation fire
=> crossfire
=> destruction fire
=> direct fire
=> distributed fire
=> friendly fire, fratricide
=> hostile fire
=> grazing fire
=> harassing fire
=> indirect fire
=> interdiction fire
=> neutralization fire
=> observed fire
=> preparation fire
=> radar fire
=> registration fire
=> scheduled fire
=> searching fire
=> supporting fire
=> suppressive fire
=> unobserved fire
=> artillery fire, cannon fire
Meronyms of noun crossfire
2 senses of crossfire
Sense 2
crossfire
=> fire, firing
=> attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
HAS PART: assault
Holonyms of noun crossfire
Grep of noun crossfire
crossfire
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