free-fire

English

Adjective

free-fire (not comparable)

  1. Designating an area in which military personnel have authority to shoot on anyone without obtaining prior clearance.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 485:
      On 1 August 1793, the Convention had permitted its commanders there to introduce free-fire zones in troubled areas.
    • 2005 December 10, Suzanne Goldenburg, The Guardian:
      New Jersey, more readily associated with chemical plants than big game, describes the free-fire zone as a necessary measure to control a burgeoning bruin population in America's most densely populated state.

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