curtain of fire
Example Sentences
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You go from, like, a curtain of fire, to only one vent, and then you start building a crater that becomes bigger and bigger.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2023
Caught in the curtain of fire that rose from the growing oil slick, the aft section, containing about 100,000 tons of crude, quickly sank.
From Time Magazine Archive
From deep fortifications further inland artillery could lay down a curtain of fire offshore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The barrage was really a "curtain of fire" moving ahead of the attacking troops to protect them.
From The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
One platoon, led by Lieutenant Doan, got through the first curtain of fire.
