crossfire

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cross·fire

(krôs'fīr', krŏs'-) pronunciation

Lines of fire from two or more positions crossing each other at a single point: soldiers caught in crossfire.
A confrontational situation in which opposing factions, forces, views, or opinions converge: "caught in the crossfire in a battle over Internet site names" (Denise Caruso).
Rapid, heated discussion.

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A multi-GPU interface from ATI for connecting two ATI display adapters together for faster graphics rendering on one monitor. CrossFire machines require PCI Express slots, a CrossFire-enabled motherboard and, depending on which models are used, either a pair of ATI Radeon adapters or one adapter and one matching CrossFire Edition adapter. A four-adapter system (Quad CrossFire) is expected. See Super AA, multi-GPU and SLI.

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This article is about the military term. For other uses, see Crossfire (disambiguation).

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Depiction of crossfire

A crossfire (also known as interlocking fire) is a military term for the siting of weapons (often automatic weapons such as assault rifles or sub-machine guns) so that their arcs of fire overlap. This tactic came to prominence in World War I.^{[citation needed]}

Siting weapons this way is an example of the application of the defensive principle of mutual support. The advantage of siting weapons that mutually support one another is that it is difficult for an attacker to find a covered approach to any one defensive position.^{[citation needed]}

Use of armour, air support, indirect fire support, and stealth are tactics that may be used to assault a defensive position. However when combined with land mines, snipers, barbed wire, and air cover, crossfire became a difficult tactic to counter in the early 20th century.^{[citation needed]}

Trench warfare

The tactic of using overlapping arcs of fire came to prominence during World War I where it was a feature of trench warfare. Machine guns were placed in groups, called machine-gun nests, and they protected the front of the trenches. Many lives were lost in futile attempts to charge across the no man's land where these crossfires were set up.^{[citation needed]}

"Caught in the crossfire"

To be "caught in the crossfire" is an expression that often refers to unintended casualties (bystanders, etc.) who were killed or wounded by being exposed to the gunfire of a battle or gun fight, such as in a position to be hit by bullets of either side. The phrase has come to mean any injury, damage or harm (physical or otherwise) caused to a third party due to the action of belligerents.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - krydsild, kritik fra flere sider, livlig meningsudveksling

Nederlands (Dutch)
kruisvuur, verhitte discussie

Français (French)
n. - (Mil, fig) feux croisés

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kreuzfeuer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (στρατ., μτφ.) διασταυρούμενα πυρά, (φραστικοί) διαξιφισμοί

Italiano (Italian)
fuoco incrociato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fogo (m) cruzado

Русский (Russian)
перекрестный огонь

Español (Spanish)
n. - fuego cruzado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - korseld, knivkastning (polit.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
交叉火力, 交相指责, 困境, 串报

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 交叉火力, 交相指責, 困境, 串報

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 십자 포화, 일제 공격, 쇄도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 激しい応酬, 十字砲火

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نيران متقاطعه, قصف أو رمي مضاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אש צולבת‬

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