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| 1. | [ noun ] the event of something burning (often destructive) | |
| Examples: | "they lost everything in the fire" |
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| Related terms: | happening campfire bonfire brush_fire grassfire smudge smoulder conflagration forest_fire burn | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (arms) start firing a weapon | |
| Synonyms: | open_fire | |
| Related terms: | shoot | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (military) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | |
| Synonyms: | firing | |
| Examples: | "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes" "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" |
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| Related terms: | attack fusillade cover artillery_fire barrage supporting_fire concentrated_fire broadside neutralization_fire counterpreparation_fire counterfire flak registration_fire destruction_fire grazing_fire harassing_fire indirect_fire interdiction_fire crossfire observed_fire preparation_fire radar_fire unobserved_fire scheduled_fire searching_fire suppressive_fire fratricide hostile_fire distributed_fire direct_fire call_fire open_fire | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (arms) cause to go off | |
| Synonyms: | discharge | |
| Examples: | "fire a gun" "fire a bullet" |
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| Related terms: | shoot pop loose_off fusillade discharge | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (food) bake in a kiln so as to harden | |
| Examples: | "fire pottery" |
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| Related terms: | bake cooking | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (work) terminate the employment of | |
| Synonyms: | can give_the_axe terminate send_away sack force_out dismiss give_the_sack give_notice | |
| Examples: | "The boss fired his secretary today" "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
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| Related terms: | hire remove retire squeeze_out furlough dismiss pension_off drive_out dismissal | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (chemistry) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | |
| Synonyms: | flame flaming | |
| Examples: | "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" |
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| Related terms: | combustion blaze flare burn flame | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (arms) go off or discharge | |
| Synonyms: | go_off discharge | |
| Examples: | "The gun fired" |
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| Related terms: | explode discharge | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a fireplace in which a fire is burning | |
| Examples: | "they sat by the fire and talked" |
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| Related terms: | fireplace cookfire burn | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (archaic) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) | |
| Related terms: | element archaism | |
| 11. | [ noun ] feelings of great warmth and intensity | |
| Synonyms: | fervor ardour fervour fervency fervidness ardor | |
| Examples: | "he spoke with great ardor" |
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| Related terms: | passion zeal | |
| 12. | [ verb ] destroy by fire | |
| Synonyms: | burn burn_down | |
| Examples: | "They burned the house and his diaries" |
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| Related terms: | destroy cremate torch backfire scorch burn burn burn burn | |
| 13. | [ verb ] drive out or away by or as if by fire | |
| Examples: | "The soldiers were fired" "Surrender fires the cold skepticism" |
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| Related terms: | chase_away | |
| 14. | [ verb ] call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses | |
| Synonyms: | arouse evoke elicit provoke raise kindle enkindle | |
| Examples: | "arouse pity" "raise a smile" "evoke sympathy" |
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| Related terms: | make excite overwhelm invite draw interest stimulate hurt upset anger inflame strike_a_chord infatuate rekindle shame prick arousal incitement | |
| 15. | [ verb ] provide with fuel | |
| Synonyms: | fuel | |
| Examples: | "Oil fires the furnace" |
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| Related terms: | supply | |
| 16. | [ noun ] a severe trial | |
| Examples: | "he went through fire and damnation" |
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| Related terms: | trial | |
| 17. | [ noun ] intense adverse criticism | |
| Synonyms: | attack flack blast flak | |
| Examples: | "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party" "the government has come under attack" "don't give me any flak" |
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| Related terms: | criticism attack | |
| Similar spelling: |
Fiore fir fiery Fiero Fierro Faire |
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