"heavy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Two boys, one aged 14 and the other 16, were ordered to lead soldiers into an area where a heavy firefight with Palestinian militants had just taken place.
- He didn't fool himself into thinking he could win a heavy firefight.
- The Israelis entered the hospital and were starting to leave when a larger force of Hezbollah fighters showed up and started a heavy firefight.
- His letters to his future wife attest that he fought out of a foxhole for several months, and saw heavy and repeated firefights.
- Diplomats say that heavy firefights with small arms and automatic weapons are being reported almost every night.
- Overnight there was a heavy firefight employing tanks and artillery as well as AC-130 gunships.
- The team first clears a safehouse with moderate resistance and then moves on to clear a courtyard where a heavy but brief firefight ensues.
- The initial advance was unopposed, but a heavy firefight broke out when British troops made contact with Argentine defences.
- The sound of a heavy firefight could be heard in the distance.
- As you can see," he indicated the entrance to the armory and the heavy firefight outside, "we are pinned down and outgunned.
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