Fire on
Open fire
Open fire verb - Start firing a weapon.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- They finally seem to have Taken A Level In Badass when they crash a wedding and open fire on everyone...but no, as they are foiled hilariously when it becomes obvious that half the guests at the wedding are cops, and they open fire in return.
Source: The Family for the Whole Family - Shima's father was the first to open fire, and the Gamilans immediately concentrated their fire on his ship with lethal effects.
Source: We Come in Peace Shoot to Kill - Amusingly, it's still possible to fire on the planes with the unguided, nose-mounted machine gun—and destroying them before being told to open fire will result in an instant mission failure.
Source: Expository Gameplay Limitation
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