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fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Type Words
Synonyms arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise
Type of create, make
Has types rekindle, anger, wound, whelm, wake, upset, untune, touch a chord, sweep over, strike a chord, stir up, stir, stimulate, spite, shame, shake up, shake, prick, overwhelm, overtake, overpower, overcome, offend, invite, interest, injure, inflame, infatuate, ignite, hurt, heat, fire up, excite, draw, disconcert, discompose, discomfit, ask for, bruise

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
provide with fuel
Type Words
Synonyms fuel
Type of furnish, supply, provide, render


Oil fires the furnace.

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
start firing a weapon
Type Words
Synonyms open fire
Type of blast, shoot
Derivation firing

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
go off or discharge
Type Words
Synonyms discharge, go off


The gun fired.

fire::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fire
noun
/faɪər/
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
Type Words
Synonyms flame, flaming
Type of burning, combustion
Has types flare, ignition, blaze, blazing
Derivation fiery


fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries.

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
start or maintain a fire in
Type Words
Synonyms ignite, light


fire the furnace.

fire::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fire
noun
/faɪər/
feelings of great warmth and intensity
Type Words
Synonyms ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour
Type of passion, passionateness
Has types zeal
Derivation fiery

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
become ignited
Type Words
Synonyms flame up


The furnace wouldn't fire.

fire::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fire
noun
/faɪər/
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
Type Words
Synonyms firing
Type of attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
Has types registration fire, radar fire, preparation fire, barrage fire, supporting fire, searching fire, battery, observed fire, neutralization fire, scheduled fire, massed fire, interdiction fire, suppressive fire, indirect fire, unobserved fire, barrage, hostile fire, harassing fire, shelling, grazing fire, volley, fusillade, friendly fire, fratricide, bombardment, broadside, artillery fire, distributed fire, direct fire, destruction fire, crossfire, covering fire, cover, burst, counterpreparation fire, counterfire, antiaircraft fire, call fire, concentrated fire, cannon fire, salvo


hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes.
they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire.

fire::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fire
noun
/faɪər/
intense adverse criticism
Type Words
Synonyms attack, blast, flack, flak
Type of criticism, unfavorable judgment


Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party.

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Type Words
Synonyms can, dismiss, displace, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
Type of remove
Has types send away, clean out, dismiss, drop, furlough, lay off, pension off, retire, send packing, squeeze out
Derivation firing


The boss fired his secretary today.

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
cause to go off
Type Words
Synonyms discharge
Has types let drive, fusillade, blast, let fly, loose off, pop, shoot
Derivation firing


fire a gun.
fire a bullet.

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
destroy by fire
Type Words
Synonyms burn, burn down
Type of destroy, ruin
Has types cremate, backfire, torch, scorch
Verb group incinerate, combust, burn

fire::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fire
noun
/faɪər/
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
Type Words
Type of hearth, open fireplace, fireplace
Has types cookfire


they sat by the fire and talked.

fire::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fire
noun
/faɪər/
a severe trial
Type Words
Type of trial, visitation, tribulation


he went through fire and damnation.

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
bake in a kiln so as to harden
Type Words
Type of bake


fire pottery.

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
drive out or away by or as if by fire
Type Words
Type of drive away, dispel, run off, chase away, turn back, drive out, drive off


The soldiers were fired.
Surrender fires the cold skepticism.

fire::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fire
noun
/faɪər/
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
Type Words
Type of fuel


put the kettle on the fire.
barbecue over an open fire.

fire::verb | Spocien Dictionary

fire
verb
/faɪər/
generate an electrical impulse
Type Words
Type of generate


the neurons fired fast.

fire::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fire
noun
/faɪər/
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Type Words
Type of element

fire::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fire
noun
/faɪər/
the event of something burning (often destructive)
Type Words
Type of happening, occurrent, occurrence, natural event
Has types smolder, campfire, conflagration, backfire, balefire, forest fire, grassfire, inferno, prairie fire, smudge, smoulder, brush fire, bonfire


they lost everything in the fire.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.