Fire
verbNoun
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
“hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes”
“they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire”
Similar:Firingthe process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
“fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries”
intense adverse criticism
“Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party”
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
“put the kettle on the fire”
“barbecue over an open fire”
Type of:Fuela fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
“they sat by the fire and talked”
Type of:HearthFireplacea severe trial
“he went through fire and damnation”
Type of:TrialVisitationTribulationthe event of something burning (often destructive)
“they lost everything in the fire”
Type of:HappeningOccurrentOccurrencefeelings of great warmth and intensity
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Type of:Element
Verb
provide with fuel
“Oil fires the furnace”
Similar:FuelType of:FurnishSupplyProvideterminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
“The boss fired his secretary today”
cause to go off
“fire a gun”
“fire a bullet”
Similar:Dischargego off or discharge
“The gun fired”
Similar:Dischargestart or maintain a fire in
“fire the furnace”
become ignited
“The furnace wouldn't fire”
drive out or away by or as if by fire
“The soldiers were fired”
“Surrender fires the cold skepticism”
Type of:Dispelbake in a kiln so as to harden
“fire pottery”
Type of:Bakegenerate an electrical impulse
“the neurons fired fast”
Type of:Generatecall forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
start firing a weapon
destroy by fire
Similar:BurnType of:DestroyRuin
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