blue-on-blue
adjective/ˌbluː ɒn ˈbluː/
/ˌbluː ɑːn ˈbluː/
[only before noun] (British English)- in a war, used to describe an accident or attack in which people are hit by a bomb or weapon that is fired by their own side compare friendly fire
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