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
A mule-train of supplies was caught in the curtain of fire.
From World's War Events, Vol. I by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
They advanced in open order and the German guns gave them "the curtain of fire."
From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by John Allister Currie
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