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  • Definition
    • fire :the event of something burning (often destructive)
      • they lost everything in the fire

    • fire :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

    • fire :cause to go off
      • fire a gun|fire a bullet

    • fire :the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
      • fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries

    • fire :bake in a kiln so as to harden
      • fire pottery

    • fire :a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
      • they sat by the fire and talked

    • fire :terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
      • The boss fired his secretary today|The company terminated 25% of its workers

    • fire :go off or discharge
      • The gun fired

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