cross fire
noun
Roget 704:
difficulty;
hardness
etc.
adj.;
impracticability
etc.
(impossibility)
471;
tough work,
hard work,
uphill work;
hard task,
Herculean task,
Augean task†;
task of Sisyphus,
Sisyphean labor,
tough job,
teaser,
rasper†,
dead lift.
dilemma,
embarrassment;
deadlock;
perplexity
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
intricacy;
entanglement,
complexity
etc.
59;
cross fire;
awkwardness,
delicacy,
ticklish card to play,
knot,
Gordian knot,
dignus vindice nodus [Lat.],
net,
meshes,
maze;
coil
etc.
(convolution)
248;
crooked path;
involvement.
nice point,
delicate point,
subtle point,
knotty point;
vexed question,
vexata quaestio [Lat.],
poser;
puzzle
etc.
(riddle)
533;
paradox;
hard nut to crack,
nut to crack;
bone to pick,
crux,
pons asinorum [Lat.],
where the shoe pinches.
nonplus,
quandary,
strait,
pass,
pinch,
pretty pass,
stress,
brunt;
critical situation,
crisis;
trial,
rub,
emergency,
exigency,
scramble.
scrape,
hobble,
slough,
quagmire,
hot water,
hornet's nest;
sea of troubles,
peck of troubles;
pretty kettle of fish;
pickle,
stew,
imbroglio,
mess,
ado;
false position.
set fast,
stand,
standstill;
deadlock,
dead set.
fix,
horns of a dilemma,
cul de sac [Fr.];
hitch;
stumbling block
etc.
(hindrance)
706.
[difficult person]
crab;
curmudgeon.
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Roget 148:
interchange,
exchange;
commutation,
permutation,
intermutation;
reciprocation,
transposition,
rearrangement;
shuffling;
alternation,
reciprocity;
castling
(at chess);
hocus-pocus.
interchangeableness†,
interchangeability.
recombination;
combination
etc.
48.
barter
etc.
794;
tit for tat
etc.
(retaliation)
718;
cross fire,
battledore and shuttlecock;
quid pro quo.
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Roget 716:
attack;
assault,
assault and battery;
onset,
onslaught,
charge.
aggression,
offense;
incursion,
inroad,
invasion;
irruption;
outbreak;
estrapade†,
ruade†;
coupe de main,
sally,
sortie,
camisade†,
raid,
foray;
run at,
run against;
dead set at.
storm,
storming;
boarding,
escalade†;
siege,
investment,
obsession†,
bombardment,
cannonade.
fire,
volley;
platoon fire,
file fire;
fusillade;
sharpshooting,
broadside;
raking fire,
cross fire;
volley of grapeshot,
whiff of the grape,
feu d'enfer [Fr.].
cut,
thrust,
lunge,
pass,
passado†,
carte and tierce [Fr.],
home thrust;
coupe de bec [Fr.];
kick,
punch
etc.
(impulse)
276.
battue†,
razzia†,
Jacquerie,
dragonnade†;
devastation
etc.
162;
eboulement [Fr.].
assailant,
aggressor,
invader.
base of operations,
point of attack;
echelon.
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Roget 708:
opposition,
antagonism;
oppugnancy†,
oppugnation†;
impugnation†;
contrariety;
contravention;
counteraction
etc.
179;
counterplot.
cross fire,
undercurrent,
head wind.
clashing,
collision,
conflict.
competition,
two of a trade,
rivalry,
emulation,
race.
absence of aid
etc.
708;
resistance
etc.
719;
restraint
etc.
751;
hindrance
etc.
706.
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Moby thesaurus: alternation, antiaircraft fire, battledore and shuttlecock, commutation, cooperation, counterchange, curtain fire, direct fire, dry fire, exchange, file fire, fire, fire of demolition, firepower, fireworks, firing, flack, flak, give-and-take, ground fire, gunfight, gunfire, gunplay, high-angle fire, horizontal fire, interchange, interdiction fire, intermutation, interplay, lex talionis, machine-gun fire, measure for measure, mortar fire, musketry, mutual admiration, mutual support, mutual transfer, mutuality, percussion fire, permutation, pistol fire, quid pro quo, raking fire, rapid fire, reciprocality, reciprocation, reciprocity, retaliation, ricochet fire, rifle fire, shellfire, shoot-out, shooting, something for something, time fire, tit for tat, transposal, transposition, vertical fire, zone fire ... show more.
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