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as in inferno
a destructive burning a number of suspicious fires in the neighborhood recently

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verb

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as in to shoot
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force police officers firing rubber bullets

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as in to blast
to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force soldiers fired at the enemy in panic-stricken disorder

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Recent Examples of fire
Noun
That someone is Naji Marshall, a man with fire propelling from the bottom of his feet — though on only one shot. Fred Katz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 The fire is just north of Lake Adger, also southeast of Asheville. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
Yet what this film really nails is the battalion camaraderie that goes beyond spending hours, days, weeks with the same folks and flips into something else entirely once shots are fired. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren confirmed during a news conference held Nov. 14 that Bookman fired his weapon six times. Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire
Noun
  • With his wife trapped in the inferno, the protagonist must navigate competing priorities between saving lives and preventing a terrorist attack.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
  • An advancing inferno may call for hasty felling of trees to create firebreaks.
    Albert C. Lin, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There were hard runs before and after training, and drills that were high in intensity.
    Richard Amofa, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The researchers then examined the signals, including how strong they were (measured in decibels, a unit used to convey the relative intensity or loudness of a sound) and which frequencies the ear responded to most strongly.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The incident recalled an ordeal Indenbaum faced in 2022, when his wife of 49 years died unexpectedly, prompting the widower to close her accounts and go through the paperwork, News 12 Long Island previously reported.
    David Chiu, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • My little brother, Phil, had just died after a terrible car crash and a six-year ordeal in a coma.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Access to the leaves will stimulate scientific research that will objectively assess coca’s medical and therapeutic potential and benefits, with the ultimate goal of making available for all people a plant that promises to improve their well-being and ease the day-to-day challenges of their lives.
    Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
  • As the moon and Mars collide, rushing toward your future stimulates unnecessary stress.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Also sacked Thursday was Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who led both the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, and his deputy, Wendy Noble, who has reportedly been reassigned within the Pentagon.
    Colin Meyn, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
  • He was sacked a whopping 68 times, with the next highest being C.J. Stroud with 52.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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  • Several viral videos have captured audiences of the blockbuster video game adaptation going wild, throwing food and drink, and trashing auditoriums.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Because nobody buys a mechanical watch and throws it away six months later.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.
    Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Regretfully many gardeners were not successful with their plantings and the enthusiasm for azaleas has dwindled.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Kristen Kish Kristen Kish, the show's host and Season 10 winner, radiates the same enthusiasm for Canada as her fellow judge, Simmons, having built her own connection to Toronto through family visits over the years.
    Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025

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“Fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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