Noun:

మోర్టార్ ఫైర్,

mortar fire's Usage Examples:

Landing at Saipan in the early afternoon of 15 June, he moved his men in under heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire, established communications with elements ashore and vigilantly maintained direct contact until the establishment of the Division Command Post ashore.

US-Afghan forces called in airstrikes in response to heavy small arms and mortar fire.

Phú Cường detected movement on their perimeter and then received 82mm mortar fire followed by a ground attack at 02:18.

International Security Assistance Force opened heavy machine gun and 60 mm mortar fire at the area of the village.

next day ARVN elements outside the base sustained 100 rounds of 82mm mortar fire and 20 CS gas rounds of unknown caliber; ARVN losses were one killed.

continued to harass the American sappers with occasional sniper and mortar fire, but these tactics proved ineffective, and the road was completed by.

rounds of mortar fire hit near the Newport Bridge.

they were hit by PAVN mortar fire but seized the summit of Mack by mid-morning, however the Marines were then hit by mortar fire causing numerous casualties.

The first two waves to arrive at the landing zone (LZ) experienced only light small arms fire, but as the bulk of the battalion landed the LZ was subjected to heavy weapon and mortar fire.

The attack by Vietcong (VC) sappers supported by mortar fire was repulsed by the United States Air Force (USAF) base security forces.

as automatic rifle or mortar fire, which will merely pass through the metallized PET film envelope without causing critical helium loss.

Linh received mortar fire and artillery was directed onto the firing location.

Synonyms:

high-angle gun, trench mortar, howitzer,

Antonyms:

uncover, natural object, unfasten, unbind,