firing vs suppressive fire

suppressive fire vs firing

firing and suppressive fire both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
firing	Yes	No	No	No
suppressive fire	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, suppressive fire is a hyponym of firing; that is, suppressive fire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than firing:

firing: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
suppressive fire: fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives

Other hyponyms of firing include antiaircraft fire, barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling, broadside, burst, fusillade, salvo, volley, call fire, cover, covering fire, concentrated fire, massed fire, counterfire, counterpreparation fire, crossfire, destruction fire, direct fire, distributed fire, fratricide, friendly fire, hostile fire, grazing fire, harassing fire, indirect fire, interdiction fire, neutralization fire, observed fire, preparation fire, radar fire, registration fire, scheduled fire, searching fire, supporting fire, unobserved fire, artillery fire, cannon fire.

firing (noun)	suppressive fire (noun)
the act of setting something on fire	fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
the act of discharging a gun
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

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