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verbcall forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
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verbprovide with fuel
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verbstart firing a weapon
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verbgo off or discharge
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nounthe process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoketype of:
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verbstart or maintain a fire in
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nounfeelings of great warmth and intensitytype of:
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verbbecome ignited
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nounthe act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
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nounintense adverse criticismtype of:
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verbterminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
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verbdestroy by fire
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nouna fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burningtype of:
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nouna severe trialtype of:
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verbbake in a kiln so as to hardentype of:
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verbdrive out or away by or as if by firetype of:
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nounfuel that is burning and is used as a means for cookingtype of:
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verbgenerate an electrical impulsetype of:
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nounonce thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)type of:
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nounthe event of something burning (often destructive)type of:
Examples of fire
- "Oil fires the furnace"
- "The gun fired"
- "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
- "fire the furnace"
- "The furnace wouldn't fire"
- "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"
- "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
- "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"
- "The boss fired his secretary today"
- "fire a gun"
- "fire a bullet"
- "they sat by the fire and talked"
- "he went through fire and damnation"
- "fire pottery"
- "The soldiers were fired"
- "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
- "put the kettle on the fire"
- "barbecue over an open fire"
- "the neurons fired fast"
- "they lost everything in the fire"