fire

n

1. combustion, ignition, spark, flame, blaze, conflagration, holocaust; cooking fire, bonfire, wildfire, forest fire.

2. light, flashing light, glow, luminosity, luminous appearance, illumination; incandescence, fiery display, sparkle, scintillation; brilliance, luster, splendor, radiance.

3. energy, enthusiasm, liveliness, vivacity, alacrity, Fr. empressement. eagerness; power, driving power, potency, strength, vehemence, force, might; vigor, dash, gusto, vim, verve, dan, pep, punch, spirit, life; earnestness, intensity, fervor, fervency, ardor, burning passion.

4. imaginativeness, inspiration, creativity, creativeness, inventiveness; genius, talent, flair, knack.

5. trial, trouble, affliction, stress, ordeal; persecution, torture, abuse.

6. fusillade, volley, barrage, broadside, salvo; flak, anti-aircraft fire.

7. hanging fire

delayed, put off, postponed, undecided, unsettled, pending; up in the air, on a back burner, on the back of the stove, awaiting action; abeyant, in abeyance.

v

8. ignite, light, kindle, enkindle, put a match to, set on fire, burn, set burning.

9. heat, bake, smelt, dry, toast; singe, cauterize, brand, sear, cremate.

10. inflame, arouse, fill with ardor; quicken, animate, enliven, trigger, instigate; stir, stimulate, whet, urge, goad, spur; foster, incite, rouse, stir up, breathe life into, put life into; electrify, galvanize, inspire, motivate, Inf. sparkplug.

11. shoot, fire off, let off, discharge; detonate, explode; bombard, shell, snipe at, pepper, torpedo, pull the trigger.

12. dismiss, discharge, cashier, oust, depose, get rid of, let [s.o.] go, Euph. terminate; give [s.o.] his walking papers, Sl. give [s.o.] the ax, Sl. sack, Sl. bounce, Sl. can.