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open fire
verb as in bombard
Example Sentences
The Israeli military says its soldiers opened fire on Thursday in response to "confrontations and rock-hurling" directed at them.
Hasina's state-appointed defence lawyer argues that the police were forced to open fire in response to violent actions from the protesters.
Israeli forces shot dead an 11-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank, his family and health officials said Friday, while the army said its troops opened fire at rock throwers.
Israel's military, which still controls more than half the territory, has said that it opens fire to remove threats to its troops.
The assembled fighters then opened fire on the bound men, who fell to the ground.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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