live-fire

Actual bullets used

Live-fire describes military or police training exercises using real ammunition rather than blanks or simulations: a live-fire drill, live-fire range.

The term emphasizes actual danger and realistic conditions.

By extension, it can describe any high-stakes situation where consequences are real: Moving from rehearsal to live-fire negotiations.

military

exercise

Activity for fitness

range · combat · simulation · maneuver · troops · artillery · infantry · tactical · qualification · weapons

cooking

grill

Cooking surface over fire

hearth · ember · spit-roast · rotisserie · campfire · brazier · tandoor · asado · yakitori · smoker

Opposites
ammunition type/reality

live-firedry-fire

Practicing with unloaded weapon

simulated · blanks · dummy rounds · inert · unloaded

combat realism

live-firesimulated

Made to imitate reality

tabletop · virtual · classroom · theoretical · rehearsal

Family

live, fire, lives, lived, living, lively, livelihood, alive, fires

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