Definition: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
Usage: hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes; they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
Similar words: onrush, onset, onslaught, attack
Definition: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
Usage: the attack began at dawn
Synonyms: fire
Definition: a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
Usage: they sat by the fire and talked
Similar words: fireplace, open fireplace, hearth
Definition: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
Usage: the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it; he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it; the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires
Synonyms: fire, flack, flak, attack, blast
Definition: intense adverse criticism
Usage: Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party; the government has come under attack; don't give me any flak
Similar words: criticism, unfavorable judgment
Definition: disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
Usage: the senator received severe criticism from his opponent
Synonyms: fire
Definition: the event of something burning (often destructive)
Usage: they lost everything in the fire
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens
Synonyms: fire
Definition: a severe trial
Usage: he went through fire and damnation
Similar words: visitation, trial, tribulation
Definition: an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
Usage: his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him; life is full of tribulations; a visitation of the plague
Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire
Definition: feelings of great warmth and intensity
Usage: he spoke with great ardor
Similar words: passion, passionateness
Definition: a strong feeling or emotion
Synonyms: fire, flame, flaming
Definition: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
Usage: fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
Similar words: combustion, burning
Definition: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
Synonyms: fire
Definition: fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
Usage: put the kettle on the fire; barbecue over an open fire
Similar words: fuel
Definition: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
Usage: more fuel is needed during the winter months; they developed alternative fuels for aircraft
Synonyms: fire
Definition: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Similar words: element
Definition: one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
Usage: the alchemists believed that there were four elements
Synonyms: fire
Definition: bake in a kiln so as to harden
Usage: fire pottery
Similar words: bake
Definition: cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
Usage: bake the potatoes
Synonyms: fire, burn, burn down
Definition: destroy by fire
Usage: They burned the house and his diaries
Definition: destroy completely; damage irreparably
Usage: You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!; The tears ruined her make-up
Definition: start firing a weapon
Synonyms: kindle, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, arouse, raise, provoke
Definition: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Usage: arouse pity; raise a smile; evoke sympathy
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: fire
Definition: drive out or away by or as if by fire
Usage: The soldiers were fired; Surrender fires the cold skepticism
Similar words: turn back, chase away, run off, drive away, drive off, drive out, dispel
Definition: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Usage: Drive away potential burglars; drive away bad thoughts; dispel doubts; The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
Definition: provide with fuel
Usage: Oil fires the furnace
Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, send away, sack, terminate, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack
Definition: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Usage: The boss fired his secretary today; The company terminated 25% of its workers
Similar words: remove
Definition: remove from a position or an office