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▸ noun: (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
▸ noun: (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
▸ noun: (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
▸ noun: (countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
▸ noun: (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
▸ noun: (countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
▸ noun: (countable, African-American Vernacular, slang) A firearm.
▸ noun: (countable, figurative) A barrage, volley
▸ noun: (astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
▸ noun: Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
▸ noun: Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
▸ noun: Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
▸ noun: A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
▸ noun: Red coloration in a piece of opal.
▸ adjective: (slang) Amazing; excellent.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
▸ verb: (transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
▸ verb: (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
▸ verb: (transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
▸ verb: (transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
▸ verb: (transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
▸ verb: (astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
▸ verb: (transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
▸ verb: (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
▸ verb: (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
▸ verb: (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
▸ verb: (transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
▸ verb: To animate; to give life or spirit to.
▸ verb: To feed or serve the fire of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
▸ verb: (transitive, farriery) To cauterize.
▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
▸ verb: (intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train.
▸ verb: (slang, usually with "up") To start (an engine).
▸ noun: (finance) Acronym of financial independence and retire early.
▸ noun: (economics, business) Acronym of finance, insurance and real estate: a class of businesses. [The management of money and other assets.]
▸ noun: Acronym of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (formerly Foundation for Individual Rights in Education): a non-profit civil liberties group founded in 1999 with the aim of protecting free speech rights on college campuses in the United States.
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bonfire,
campfire,
chimney fire,
forest fire,
grass fire,
house fire,
kitchen fire,
wildfire,
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