first shots
Opening salvo fired
First shots refers to the opening gunfire in a conflict or confrontation—the moment hostilities begin.
The phrase often appears in historical contexts: Who fired the first shots at Lexington?
It extends to any initial aggressive move in a dispute: The lawsuit was the first shots in what would become a long legal battle.
In photography or filmmaking, first shots are simply the initial images captured during a session.
- openingGap or start
- opening fireBeginning to discharge weapons
- salvoSimultaneous weapons discharge
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
- gunfireDischarge of weapons
initial · beginning · outbreak · trigger · war · assassination · Lexington · American Revolution · revolution · bar · happy hour · whiskey · tequila · bartender · drink · toast · camera · photography
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
- Fort SumterFort Sumter, Beauregard, bombardment, Charleston, garrison
- Lexington and ConcordLexington, Concord, minutemen, militia, British redcoats
first shotsceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
armistice · truce · surrender · peace treaty · laying down arms
first shotsolive branch
Symbol of reconciliation
détente · reconciliation · rapprochement · disarmament · peace
first shotslast stand
Ultimate defensive effort
endgame · denouement · aftermath · victory · defeat
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