curtain of fire

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You go from, like, a curtain of fire, to only one vent, and then you start building a crater that becomes bigger and bigger.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2023

From deep fortifications further inland artillery could lay down a curtain of fire offshore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Caught in the curtain of fire that rose from the growing oil slick, the aft section, containing about 100,000 tons of crude, quickly sank.

From Time Magazine Archive

The British curtain of fire was lifted from the far edge of the village, which meant that the infantry according to schedule should be in possession of all of the village.

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick

So much so that the first positions were carried by the time the enemy turned on his curtain of fire.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)