Definition of "firebase" [firebase]

• A military base or site from which heavy fire is directed against the enemy. (noun)

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• "In brief terms the action involved a rifle company action in which the infantry were detailed off to intercept a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) battalion that was approaching a firebase from the North which then got into difficulties because of the sudden appearance of a second NVA unit in its rear."
• "A firebase was a far worse punishment than missing Istanbul."
• ""The cost of the munition may be comparable to a satellite-guided bomb, but the cost of manning a firebase is a lot less than the cost of an air base," Pike said."