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How to sign: destroy by fire
"They burned the house and his diaries";
Similiar / Same: burn, burn down
Within this category: backfire, cremate, scorch, torch
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 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: 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: 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
