Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun supporting_fire

1 sense of supporting fire

Sense 1
supporting fire -- (fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat)
       => fire, firing -- (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire")