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(n) the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"
(n) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors'' first discoveries"
(n) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
(n) a fireplace in which a fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"
(n) intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don''t give me any flak"
(n) feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
(n) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
(n) a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
(v) start firing a weapon
(v) cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
(v) bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
(v) terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
(v) go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
(v) drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
(v) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
(v) destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
(v) provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

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