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

1 sense of suppressive fire

Sense 1
suppressive fire -- (fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives)
       => 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")