curtain of fire

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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 British troops at the signal sprang out into no-man's-land following the curtain of fire.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

So fierce was the German curtain of fire that no food could reach the trenches for twenty-four hours, and then only bread and cheese.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward