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fire
noun as in burning material
Strong matches
noun as in barrage of projectiles
Strongest matches
noun as in animation, vigor
Strong matches
Weak matches
verb as in cause to burn
verb as in detonate or throw a weapon
verb as in excite, arouse
verb as in dismiss from responsibility
Example Sentences
One is her father, an industrial salesman who she has said was once fired after speaking up about his faith on the job.
A few days later came another job - to set fire to a van belonging to a conscription centre, film it and run.
Even in the workplace, she feels the pressure, "I know that I can make a mistake and I won't lose my job, yet I constantly feel like I'm one strike away from being fired".
These attacks fire up the Democratic base and raise doubts among voters that he doth protest too much.
Gonzalez alleged that a man approached them, “started yelling violent homophobic slurs” and “raised a gun from his lap and fired.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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