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  • 1Fratricide — (from the Latin word frater , meaning: brother and cide meaning to kill) is the act of a person killing his or her brother.Related concepts are sororicide (the killing of one s sister), child murder (the killing of an unrelated child),… …

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  • 2fratricide — noun a) The killing of ones brother (or sister). The conversion of Russia to Christianity was effected, it would seem by a monster of cruelty and lust. That Vladimir (980 1015) was a fratricide, who maintained 3,500 concubines, has not prevented… …

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  • 3fire support coordination line — A fire support coordinating measure that is established and adjusted by appropriate land or amphibious force commanders within their boundaries in consultation with superior, subordinate, supporting, and affected commanders. Fire support… …

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  • 4fratricide —    inflicting casualties by mistake on your own troops    Inadvertently or carelessly killing your brothers in arms:     ... it is very difficult to avoid blue on blue, or fratricide, as the Americans call it. (de la Billière, 1992)    See also… …

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  • 5Grozny OMON fratricide incident — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Grozny OMON fratricide incident date=March 2 2000 place=Grozny, Chechnya casus= result=More than 20 OMON personnel killedCampaignbox Second Chechen WarOn March 2 2000 a unit of OMON (Russian special purpose… …

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  • 6Friendly fire — For other uses, see Friendly Fire (disambiguation). Blue on blue redirects here. For other uses, see Blue on blue (disambiguation). Friendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one s own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage… …

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  • 7Dragon Fire (mortar) — This article is about mortar system. For other uses, see Dragon Fire (disambiguation). Dragon Fire II mortar system Test firing at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Type …

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  • 8190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident — March 28, 2003 Two A 10 Thunderbolt jets …

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  • 9friendly fire — noun fire that injures or kills an ally • Syn: ↑fratricide • Hypernyms: ↑fire, ↑firing * * * ˌfriendly ˈfire [friendly fire] noun …

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  • 10Tanzania People's Defence Force — Tanzania People s Defence Forces Jeshi la Wananchi wa Tanzania Founded 1 September 1964 Service branches Land Forces Command Naval Command Air Force Command Military Intelligence Leadership Commander in Chief President …

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