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Discharges from the army? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gunfire

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'discharges from the army?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for gunfire that I've seen before include "Sound of shooting" , "Repeated shooting" , "Sound of. eg. rifles" , "Weaponry noise" , "Sound of shots" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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