fire fight—
1. an exchange of fire between opposing units (as distinct from close combat):
- Three soldiers have been killed in a fire fight with separatist guerrillas.
2. the effort to extinguish or to check the spread of a fire:
- Several firefighters were transported to the local hospital during the fire fight.
firefighting— = fire fight 2:
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