firing line

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Noun

firing line (plural firing lines)

(military) The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle
A row of shooters
(idiomatic) The vanguard of an activity

Translations

front line from which soldiers fire

Russian: огнево́й рубе́ж (ognevój rubéž), ли́ния огня́ (línija ognjá)

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