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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3173850" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>English</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Verb</strong></span></p><p><strong><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fire#English" target="_blank">fire</a> in <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anger#English" target="_blank">anger</a></strong></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">(<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/military" target="_blank">military</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic" target="_blank">idiomatic</a>) To fire a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weapon" target="_blank">weapon</a> with the intent of causing damage or harm to an opponent (as opposed to a warning shot or a practice shot).<br /> <em>The Napier of Magdala Battery never <strong>fired</strong> a shot <strong>in anger</strong>: it never engaged in combat.</em></li> </ol><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Usage notes</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Despite the use of the word <em><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anger#English" target="_blank">anger</a></em>, the phrase is not intended to describe the emotional state of the firer.</li> </ul><p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fire_in_anger" target="_blank">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fire_in_anger</a> , referencing the BBC World Service at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1837_aae/page22.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1837_aae/page22.shtml</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3173850, member: 13624"] [SIZE=5][B]English[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Verb[/B][/SIZE] [B][URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fire#English']fire[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anger#English']anger[/URL][/B] [LIST=1] [*]([URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/military']military[/URL], [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic']idiomatic[/URL]) To fire a [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weapon']weapon[/URL] with the intent of causing damage or harm to an opponent (as opposed to a warning shot or a practice shot). [I]The Napier of Magdala Battery never [B]fired[/B] a shot [B]in anger[/B]: it never engaged in combat.[/I] [/LIST] [SIZE=3][B]Usage notes[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]Despite the use of the word [I][URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anger#English']anger[/URL][/I], the phrase is not intended to describe the emotional state of the firer. [/LIST] [URL]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fire_in_anger[/URL] , referencing the BBC World Service at [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1837_aae/page22.shtml[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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