counterfire

== English == === Etymology === From counter- +‎ fire. === Noun === counterfire (countable and uncountable, plural counterfires) (military, uncountable) The firing of weapons in response. (firefighting, countable) A smaller fire lit at some distance from a wildfire, in order to develop a firebreak. === Verb === counterfire (third-person singular simple present counterfires, present participle counterfiring, simple past and past participle counterfired) (firefighting, intransitive) To light a smaller fire at some distance from a wildfire, in order to develop a firebreak. === See also === fight fire with fire