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English to English noun
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the event of something burning (often destructive) |  | Example: they lost everything in the fire
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the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | | Example: 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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the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | | Example: fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
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a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning | | Example: they sat by the fire and talked
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once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) | | source: wordnet30
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feelings of great warmth and intensity | | Example: he spoke with great ardor
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fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking | | Example: put the kettle on the fire
barbecue over an open fire
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a severe trial | | Example: he went through fire and damnation
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intense adverse criticism | | Example: Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
the government has come under attack
don't give me any flak
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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition. | | source: webster1913 verb
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start firing a weapon | | source: wordnet30
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cause to go off | | Example: fire a gun
fire a bullet
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bake in a kiln so as to harden | | Example: fire pottery
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terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | | Example: The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
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| 15 |
go off or discharge | | Example: The gun fired
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drive out or away by or as if by fire | | Example: The soldiers were fired
Surrender fires the cold skepticism
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call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | | Example: arouse pity
raise a smile
evoke sympathy
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destroy by fire | | Example: They burned the house and his diaries
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| 19 |
provide with fuel | | Example: Oil fires the furnace
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To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile. | | source: webster1913
| 21 |
To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle. | | source: webster1913
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