fire : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite extreme; used as an intensifier
  
  • why is he in such an all-fired hurry?
• adverb extremely
  damn; bloody.
  
  • you are bloody right
  • Why are you so all-fired aggressive?

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An"tho*ny's Fire`

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1. See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.

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• noun firing at enemy aircraft
  

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• noun fire delivered by artillery
  artillery fire.
  

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Ash"-fire noun

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1. A low fire used in chemical operations.

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• noun a highly energetic and indefatigable person
  human dynamo; fireball; powerhouse.
  
• noun someone whose career progresses rapidly
  whizz-kid; go-getter; whiz-kid.
  

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• noun the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
  battery; barrage; bombardment; shelling.
  
  • they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
  • the shelling went on for hours without pausing

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• noun a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
  beacon.
  

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• a signal fire.

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• (Pyrotech.), compositions of various combustible substances, as sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony, strontium, barium, etc.

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• noun an uncontrolled fire that consumes brush and shrubs and bushes
  

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• noun fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit
  

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• noun fire delivered by artillery
  artillery fire.
  

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• verb start to burn or burst into flames
  ignite; catch fire; combust; erupt; conflagrate.
  
  • Marsh gases ignited suddenly
  • The oily rags combusted spontaneously

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• noun a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
  truce; armistice.
  

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• a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet. Rim-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base.

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• noun fire on enemy troops or weapons or positions that are near the supported unit and are the most immediate and serious threat to it
  

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• adjective satellite fueled by burning coal
  coal-burning.
  
  • a coal-fired ship

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• noun fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships)
  concentrated fire.
  

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• the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. U.S. Barilett.

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• noun fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems
  

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• noun mortar fire intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons
  

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• noun intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered
  

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• noun fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
  cover.
  
  • artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal

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• (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points or places, crossing each other.

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• noun a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire
  

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• a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode death.

  And round about in reel and rout, The death fires danced at night. Coleridge.

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• noun fire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity of your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy reserves and weapons and interfering with the enemy command and supply and communications
  

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• noun fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects
  

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• noun fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it
  

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• (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at.

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• noun fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole)
  

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• noun fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target
  

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• a continued irregular discharge of firearms.

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• noun a small electric space heater
  electric heater.
  

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• the ignis fatuus. Brewer.

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El"mo's fire`

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1. See Corposant; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under Saint.

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• noun gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
  enfilade.
  

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• noun a kind of European salamander
  Salamandra salamandra.
  

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• a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction.

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• noun the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position
  

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• the act of firing by file, or each file independently of others.

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• noun a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out
  
• noun an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke
  smoke alarm.
  

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• (a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire. (b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.

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• noun (Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners
  
  • his sermons were full of fire and brimstone

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• a machine, device, or preparation to be kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.

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• noun omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting
  

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• . (a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part = hot-air balloon . (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. Simmonds.

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• a grate bar.

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• a portable grate; a cresset. Knight.

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• noun tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
  firefly; Pyrophorus noctiluca.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.

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• noun a bell rung to give a fire alarm
  

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• a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire.

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• noun a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees
  pear blight.
  

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• the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire.

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• a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc.

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• noun a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
  fire brigade.
  
• noun British name for a fire department
  

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• an organized body of men for extinguished fires.

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• . See under Bucket.

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• an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. U.S.

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• noun evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
  Streptosolen jamesonii; fire bush; marmalade bush.
  
• noun densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
  fire bush; burning bush; Bassia scoparia; Kochia scoparia; belvedere; summer cypress.
  

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• noun the head of a fire department
  fire chief.
  

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• . See under Clay.

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• noun set of standards established and enforced by government for fire prevention and safety in case of fire as in fire escapes etc
  

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• noun a private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
  fire brigade.
  

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• a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires.

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• noun preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target
  

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• noun naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target
  

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• noun naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target
  

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• . See Fiery cross. Obs. Milton.

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• . See under Damp.

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• noun the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires
  

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• . See Firedog, in the Vocabulary.

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• noun a fire-resistant door that can be closed to stop the spread of a fire
  

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• noun an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire
  

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• . (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice . (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples.

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• . (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. Colloq.

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• noun any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire
  fire engine.
  

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• a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire.

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• noun a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency
  emergency exit.
  

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• a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings.

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• noun a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
  extinguisher; asphyxiator.
  

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• noun a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
  firefighter; fire fighter; fireman.
  

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• (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat.

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• (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding.

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• noun fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
  poker; stove poker; salamander.
  

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• noun a large hose that carries water from a fire hydrant to the site of the fire
  

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• noun an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
  fireplug; plug.
  

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• noun insurance against loss due to fire
  

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• the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage usually made periodically to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period.

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• noun metal fireside implements
  fire iron.
  

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• noun metal fireside implements
  fire iron.
  

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• utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel.

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• a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire.

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• noun the head of a fire department
  fire chief.
  

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• noun an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires
  

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• (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks.

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• an office at which to effect insurance against fire.

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• noun an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors
  girasol.
  

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• a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.

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• an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. Abbot.

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• a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun.

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• noun perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
  Silene virginica.
  

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• noun a pit whose floor is incandescent lava
  
  • the fire pit of the crater

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• a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires.

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• the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire.

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• . (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace.

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• a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships.

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• a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire.

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• noun European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
  spotted salamander; Salamandra maculosa.
  

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• noun a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
  
• noun a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
  

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• noun a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks)
  fireguard.
  

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• (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; now generally superseded by the use of explosives. Raymond.

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• noun a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships
  

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• a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships.

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• a shovel for taking up coals of fire.

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• noun a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
  firehouse.
  

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• the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. Raymond.

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• the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface.

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• a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. Farrow.

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• in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.

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• noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
  pyracanth; firethorn; Pyracantha.
  

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• noun tongs for taking hold of burning coals
  coal tongs.
  

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• noun a watchtower where a lookout is posted to watch for fires
  

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• noun a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
  Nuytsia floribunda; Christmas tree; flame tree.
  

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• noun a trench especially constructed for the delivery of small-arms fire
  

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• noun any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire
  fire engine.
  

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• verb arouse or excite feelings and passions
  ignite; stir up; inflame; heat; wake.
  
  • The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
  • The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
  • Wake old feelings of hatred
• verb begin to smoke
  light; light up.
  
  • After the meal, some of the diners lit up

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• noun someone who walks barefoot on burning coals
  

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• noun the ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers
  

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• noun an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
  ranger; fire warden.
  

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• noun (during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air
  

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• noun (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky
  

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• ardent spirits; so called by the American Indians.

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• noun annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center
  Indian blanket; blanket flower; fire wheel; Gaillardia pulchella.
  

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• the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.

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• noun toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside
  Bombina bombina.
  

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• noun evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
  Streptosolen jamesonii; fire bush; marmalade bush.
  
• noun densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
  fire bush; burning bush; Bassia scoparia; Kochia scoparia; belvedere; summer cypress.
  

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• noun a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
  firefighter; fire fighter; fireman.
  
• noun a belligerent grouch
  hothead.
  
• noun a performer who pretends to swallow fire
  fire-eater.
  

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Fire"-fanged` adjective

Etymology

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1. Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.

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Fire"-new` adjective

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1. Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new. Charles reade.

   Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak.

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• noun poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
  painted leaf; fire-on-the-mountain; Euphorbia cyathophora.
  

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• noun malicious burning to destroy property
  incendiarism; arson.
  
  • the British term for arson is fire-raising

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• adjective satellite difficult to burn
  fire-resistant; fire-resistive; fire-resisting.
  

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• adjective satellite difficult to burn
  fire-resistant; fire-resistive; fire-resisting.
  

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• adjective satellite difficult to burn
  fire-resistant; fire-resistive; fire-resisting.
  

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• adjective satellite difficult to burn
  fire-resistant; fire-resistive; fire-resisting.
  

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Fire"-set` noun

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1. A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.

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• noun a performer who pretends to swallow fire
  fire-eater.
  

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• noun annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center
  Indian blanket; blanket flower; fire wheel; Gaillardia pulchella.
  

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• noun the worship of fire
  pyrolatry.
  

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• noun chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge
  gun chamber.
  

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• noun the line from which soldiers deliver fire
  
• noun the most advanced and responsible group in an activity
  
  • the firing line is where the action is

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• noun the action that ignites the charge in a firearm
  gunlock.
  

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• noun the act of discharging a gun
  discharge; firing.
  

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• noun a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
  firing party.
  

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• noun striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer
  

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• noun a practice range for target practice
  target range.
  

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• noun a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
  firing party.
  

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• noun an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area
  

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• noun an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
  ranger; fire warden.
  

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• noun fire that injures or kills an ally
  fratricide.
  

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• noun fire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground
  

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• See Greek fire, under Greek.

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• noun a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted
  

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• a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. Ure.

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• (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due.

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• noun a forest fire that burns the humus; may not appear on the surface
  

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• the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired.

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• noun fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale
  

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• (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms.

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• noun fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range
  

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• (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation.

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• noun fire that injures or kills an enemy
  

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• a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.

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• noun fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons
  

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• noun fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area
  

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Knob"bling fire

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1. . A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.

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• noun the path of a missile discharged from a firearm
  

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• (Mil.), the direction of fire.

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• noun fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships)
  concentrated fire.
  

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• noun poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
  painted leaf; fire-on-the-mountain; Euphorbia cyathophora.
  

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• noun artillery fire delivered by a mortar
  

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• noun fire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable
  

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• . (a) Fire burning in the night. (b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern .

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• (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not perpendicular to the line fired at.

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• noun fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer; fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations
  

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• adjective satellite fueled by burning oil
  
  • an oil-fired furnace

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• See under Board, Draught, Fire, etc.

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• adjective satellite lighted up by or as by fire or flame
  afire; alight; ablaze; aflame; aflare.
  
  • forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning
  • even the car's tires were aflame
  • a night aflare with fireworks
  • candles alight on the tables
  • houses on fire

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• burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous.

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• verb start firing a weapon
  fire.
  

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• (Med.), malignant pustule.

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• (Gun.), firing directed upon an enemy from an elevated position.

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• noun an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area
  grassfire.
  

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• noun fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault
  

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• noun gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar
  

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• noun a method of reconnaissance in which fire is placed on a suspected enemy position in order to cause the enemy to disclose his presence by moving or returning fire
  

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• noun combustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright red; used in flares and fireworks
  

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• . (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire.

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• noun fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets
  

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• (Mil.), a fire in the rear.

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• (Mil.), the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.

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• . (Mil.) See under Cartridge.

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• noun the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power
  rocket launching.
  

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• (Mil.), a discharge of firearms by soldiers in line, in quick succession, and in the order in which they stand.

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• a constant fire of musketry or cannon.
• the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops.

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• noun any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions
  

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• the erysipelas; popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony.

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• noun an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
  Saint Ulmo's light; Saint Elmo's light; Saint Ulmo's fire; corona discharge; corona; corposant; Saint Elmo's fire; electric glow.
  

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• a luminious, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardams. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a Helena, or a Corposant; a double, or twin, flame is called a Castor and Pollux, or a double Corposant. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors.

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• noun an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
  Saint Ulmo's light; Saint Elmo's light; Saint Ulmo's fire; corona discharge; corona; corposant; Saint Elmo's fire; electric glow.
  

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• noun prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time
  

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• noun fire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun
  

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• verb set fire to; cause to start burning
  set afire; set ablaze; set aflame.
  
  • Lightening set fire to the forest

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• noun a fire set as a signal
  signal light.
  

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• erysipelas; an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. Hoblyn.

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• noun an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
  Saint Ulmo's light; Saint Elmo's light; Saint Ulmo's fire; corona discharge; corona; corposant; Saint Elmo's fire; electric glow.
  

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• . See under Saint Elmo.

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• a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling.

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• (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; used in the counter operations of miners.

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• noun fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat
  

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• noun fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives
  

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• adjective satellite certain to be successful
  
  • a sure-fire way to get rich

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• noun a forest fire that burns only the surface litter and undergrowth
  

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• verb start to burn or burst into flames
  ignite; catch fire; combust; erupt; conflagrate.
  
  • Marsh gases ignited suddenly
  • The oily rags combusted spontaneously

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• to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive.

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• to become inflamed or ignited.

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• to light up the fires of, as of an engine.
• to grow irritated or angry. "He . . . fired up, and stood vigorously on his defense."

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• (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense.

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• to kindle the material of a fire.

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• to communicate fire to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to irritate.

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• to inflame; to kindle.

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• to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way.

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• . See under Effect, and Fire.

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• to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.

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• (Script.), to be exercised with severe afflictions. Isa. xliii. 2.

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• too many objects requiring the attention at once.

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• adjective satellite subjected to enemy attack or censure
  under attack.
  
  • an official under fire for mismanagement

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• exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement.

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• noun fire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observed
  

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• (Mil.), the fire, as of mortars, at high angles of elevation.

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• noun a fire lighted at night as a signal
  

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• a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard.

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• adjective satellite fueled by wood
  wood-burning.
  
  • a wood-burning stove'

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• noun artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations
  

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