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fire

(f/aI//-/r )

noun (n)

the event of something burning (often destructive)(noun.event)

Example:
They lost everything in the fire.

source: wordnet30
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy(noun.act)

Example:
Hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes.
They retreated in the face of withering enemy fire.

Synonym:
firing

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the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke(noun.process)

Example:
Fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries.

Synonym:
flame, flaming

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a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning(noun.artifact)

Example:
They sat by the fire and talked.

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once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)(noun.substance)

Synonym:
air, earth, water

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feelings of great warmth and intensity(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour

source: wordnet30
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking(noun.substance)

Example:
Put the kettle on the fire.
Barbecue over an open fire.

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a severe trial(noun.event)

Example:
He went through fire and damnation.

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intense adverse criticism(noun.communication)

Example:
Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party.

Synonym:
attack, blast, flack, flak

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

start firing a weapon(verb.competition)

Synonym:
open fire

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cause to go off(verb.competition)

Example:
Fire a gun.
Fire a bullet.

Synonym:
discharge

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bake in a kiln so as to harden(verb.change)

Example:
Fire pottery.

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terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position(verb.social)

Example:
The boss fired his secretary today.

Synonym:
can, dismiss, displace, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
Antonym:
employ, engage, hire

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go off or discharge(verb.competition)

Example:
The gun fired.

Synonym:
discharge, go off

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drive out or away by or as if by fire(verb.motion)

Example:
The soldiers were fired.
Surrender fires the cold skepticism.

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call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise

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destroy by fire(verb.change)

Synonym:
burn, burn down

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provide with fuel(verb.possession)

Example:
Oil fires the furnace.

Synonym:
fuel

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To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.(verb)

source: webster1913
To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.(verb)

source: webster1913

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