Definitions
of fire
1. [n] - (archaic) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) 2. [n] - the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke 3. [n] - a severe trial 4. [n] - the event of something burning (often destructive) 5. [n] - intense adverse criticism 6. [n] - a fireplace in which a fire is burning 7. [n] - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy 8. [v] - terminate the employment of 9. [v] - drive out or away by or as if by fire 10. [v] - go off or discharge 11. [v] - cause to go off 12. [v] - Bake in a kiln
Quotes
- Example use of the word fire1. hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes 2. they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire 3. they sat by the fire and talked 4. Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party 5. the government has come under attack 6. don't give me any flak 7. they lost everything in the fire 8. he went through fire and damnation 9. fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries 10. fire pottery 11. fire a gun 12. fire a bullet 13. The gun fired 14. The soldiers were fired 15. Surrender fires the cold skepticism 16. The boss fired his secretary today 17. The company terminated 25% of its workers
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