curtain of fire
Wall of explosions
A curtain of fire is a barrier of continuous gunfire or artillery shells directed along a line to prevent enemy movement through an area.
The term evokes flames rising like a curtain—dense, deadly, impassable.
Military planners use curtains of fire to protect advancing troops or block retreat routes: Artillery laid down a curtain of fire across the valley.
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- rolling barrageArtillery fire moving forward
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- shellsProtective outer layers
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
inferno · blaze · flames · shelling · volley · fusillade · suppression · no man's land · tracers · tracer rounds · explosions · battlefield · smoke · mortar · cannonade · machine gun · crossfire · covering
curtain of fireprecision strike
Targeted military attack
surgical strike · sniper fire · selective fire · spot fire · smart bomb
curtain of fireceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
safe passage · open ground · demilitarized zone · armistice · peace
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