fire
noun
[ ˈfʌɪə ]
• a process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning.
• "his house was destroyed by fire"
• a burning sensation.
• "the whisky lit a fire in the back of his throat"
• the shooting of projectiles from weapons, especially bullets from guns.
• "a burst of machine-gun fire"
Similar:
gunfire,
firing,
sniping,
flak,
bombardment,
fusillade,
volley,
barrage,
salvo,
cannonade,
fire
verb
• discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile).
• "he fired a shot at the retreating prisoners"
Similar:
launch,
shoot,
discharge,
eject,
hurl,
throw,
send flying,
let fly with,
loose off,
shy,
send,
pop,
let off,
trigger,
set off,
blast,
• dismiss (an employee) from a job.
• "I had to fire men who've been with me for years"
Similar:
dismiss,
discharge,
give someone their notice,
lay off,
let go,
throw out,
get rid of,
oust,
depose,
make redundant,
cashier,
sack,
give the sack to,
axe,
kick out,
boot out,
give someone the boot,
give someone the bullet,
give someone the push,
show someone the door,
give someone their cards,
give someone the elbow,
• supply (a furnace, engine, etc.) with fuel.
• "liquefied petroleum gas can fire room heaters"
• stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion).
• "India fired my imagination"
Similar:
stimulate,
stir up,
excite,
enliven,
awaken,
arouse,
rouse,
draw/call forth,
bring out,
engender,
evoke,
inflame,
put/breathe life into,
animate,
inspire,
motivate,
quicken,
incite,
drive,
impel,
spur on,
galvanize,
electrify,
trigger,
impassion,
• bake or dry (pottery, bricks, etc.) in a kiln.
• "methane gas is being used to fire bricks at a nearby factory"
Origin:
Old English fȳr (noun), fȳrian ‘supply with material for a fire’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vuur and German Feuer .
on fire
• in flames; burning.
• "the house was on fire"
Similar:
burning,
ablaze,
blazing,
aflame,
in flames,
flaming,
raging,
fiery,
alight,
lit,
lighted,
ignited,
afire,
