superfiring
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- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsu.pɚˌfai.ɚ.ɪŋ/
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superfiring (not comparable)
- (military, nautical, of a gun turret on a warship) Mounted higher than one or more other turrets within its firing arc, allowing it to fire over the top of the lower-mounted turret(s).
- (by extension, of a gun battery on a warship) Arranged so as to allow some turrets to fire over others in the above manner.