friendly fire

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friendly fire - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  friendly fire \friend"ly fire`\, n. (Mil.)
     Weapons fire[9], such as artillery or aerial bombardment,
     from one's own forces; -- used mostly when troops do damage
     or cause casualties among their own forces; as, the tank was
     hit by friendly fire.
     [PJC]

friendly fire - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  friendly fire
      n 1: fire that injures or kills an ally [syn: friendly fire,
           fratricide]