fire
     n 1: the event of something burning (often destructive); "they
          lost everything in the fire"
     2: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing
        heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our
        ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: {flame}, {flaming}]
     3: 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" [syn:
         {firing}]
     4: a fireplace in which a fire is burning; "they sat by the
        fire and talked"
     5: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the
        Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack";
        "don't give me any flak" [syn: {attack}, {flak}, {flack},
        {blast}]
     6: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great
        ardor" [syn: {ardor}, {ardour}, {fervor}, {fervour}, {fervency},
         {fervidness}]
     7: once thought to be one of four elements composing the
        universe (Empedocles)
     8: a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
     v 1: start firing a weapon [syn: {open fire}]
     2: cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" [syn: {discharge}]
     3: bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
     4: terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary
        today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn:
        {give notice}, {can}, {dismiss}, {give the axe}, {send
        away}, {sack}, {force out}, {give the sack}, {terminate}]
        [ant: {hire}]
     5: go off or discharge; "The gun fired" [syn: {discharge}, {go
        off}]
     6: drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were
        fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
     7: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
        pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {arouse}, {elicit},
         {enkindle}, {kindle}, {evoke}, {raise}, {provoke}]
     8: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
        [syn: {burn}, {burn down}]
     9: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" [syn: {fuel}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

FIRE
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Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms