S: (n) fire, firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy) "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
S: (n) barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling (the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target) "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
S: (n) broadside (the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship)
S: (n) fusillade, salvo, volley, burst (rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms) "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
S: (n) call fire (fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit)
S: (n) cover, covering fire (fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations) "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal"
S: (n) concentrated fire, massed fire (fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships))
S: (n) counterfire (fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons)
S: (n) neutralization fire (fire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable)
S: (n) observed fire (fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer; fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations)