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How to sign: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
"fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries";
Similiar / Same: flame, flaming
Categories: burning, combustion
Within this category: blaze, flare
How to sign: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy";
Similiar / Same: arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, raise
Within this category: anger, draw, excite, hurt, infatuate, inflame, interest, invite, overwhelm, prick, rekindle, shame, stimulate, strike a chord, upset
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: firing
Categories: attack, onrush, onset, onslaught
Within this category: antiaircraft fire, artillery fire, barrage, broadside, call fire, concentrated fire, counterfire, counterpreparation fire, cover, crossfire, destruction fire, direct fire, distributed fire, friendly fire, fusillade, grazing fire, harassing fire, hostile fire, indirect fire, interdiction fire, neutralization fire, observed fire, preparation fire, radar fire, registration fire, scheduled fire, searching fire, supporting fire, suppressive fire, unobserved fire
How to sign: terminate the employment of
"The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers";
Similiar / Same: give notice, give the axe, give the sack, can, send away, sack, force out, dismiss, terminate
Categories: remove
Within this category: clean out, dismiss, furlough, pension off, retire, squeeze out
How to sign: go off or discharge
"The gun fired";
Similiar / Same: go off, discharge
How to sign: feelings of great warmth and intensity
"he spoke with great ardor";
Similiar / Same: fervor, fervency, fervidness, fervour, ardor, ardour
Categories: passion, passionateness
Within this category: zeal
