9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
noun a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
noun fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross
originEtymology tree English cross- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English crossfire From cross- + fire.
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