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fire

noun
  1. the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
    “hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes”
    firing
  2. a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
    “they sat by the fire and talked”
  3. intense adverse criticism
    “The president directed their fire at the opposition.”
    blast
  4. the event of something burning (often destructive)
    “they lost everything in the fire”
  5. a severe trial
    “I went through fire to get you this gift.”
  6. feelings of great warmth and intensity
    ardorardourfervorfervourfervencyfervidness
  7. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
    “fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries”
    flamingflame
  8. fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
    “put the kettle on the fire”
  9. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
    air
verb
  1. bake in a kiln so as to harden
    “fire pottery”
  2. destroy by fire
    burn
  3. cause to go off
    “fire a gun”
    discharge
  4. go off or discharge
    “The gun fired”
    discharge
  5. start firing a weapon
    open fire
  6. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
    raise
  7. drive out or away by or as if by fire
    “The soldiers were fired”
  8. provide with fuel
    “Oil fires the furnace”
    fuel
  9. terminate the employment of
    force out