Noun
fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross
a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
Source: WordNetMy God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets - no, they're little gifts, containing meanings! Philip Roth
I am stranded, caught in the crossfire. Stevie Ray Vaughan
The extreme positions of the Crossfire Syndrome require extreme simplification - framing the debate in terms which ignore the real issues. Michael Crichton
We woke up one day, and all the sudden Starbucks was in the middle of this political crossfire between the people who want to bring a gun into Starbucks and the people who want to prevent it. It is a very difficult, fragile situation. Howard Schultz
This is all about a media war that continues to rage between the old and new media. Unfortunately for our soldiers, these brave Americans are caught in the crossfire. Joe Scarborough
Extraordinarily, I was up in the cemetery in Derry City, and I had a red cape on with a fur hood as a little girl, when a gun battle broke out between the IRA and the British Army, and I got caught in the crossfire. Roma Downey