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open fire
Begin a verbal attack, as in In her second letter to the editor she opened fire, saying the reporter had deliberately misquoted her. This idiom alludes to discharging a firearm. [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
Israeli forces have killed more than 51 Palestinians and wounded many more after opening fire near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza, witnesses and rescuers say.
On several previous occasions the IDF has acknowledged that its troops opened fire near aid sites.
Coming out of the home was someone resembling a police officer, who immediately opened fire on officers, darted back into the house, then escaped on foot.
In previous incidents, the Israeli military said troops opened fire when suspects approached them in what they deemed a threatening manner.
The Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire, and there are also reports of people being crushed by lorries and being shot by Palestinians.
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