English > fire: 21 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of firing / firing / firing weapons or artillery at an enemy / enemy. |
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| Examples | - "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"
- "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
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| Synonym | firing |
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| Narrower | antiaircraft fire | firing at enemy / enemy aircraft |
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| artillery fire, cannon fire | fire delivered by artillery |
| barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling | The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area / area rather than hit a specific target |
| broadside | The simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship |
| call fire | fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit |
| concentrated fire, massed fire | fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area / area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships) |
| counterfire | fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy / enemy weapons |
| counterpreparation fire | intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy / enemy attack is discovered |
| cover, covering fire | fire that makes it difficult for the enemy / enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations |
| crossfire | fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross |
| destruction fire | fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects |
| direct fire | fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it |
| distributed fire | fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area / area target |
| friendly fire, fratricide | fire that injures or kills an ally |
| fusillade, salvo, volley, burst | rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms |
| grazing fire | fire approximately parallel to the ground |
| harassing fire | fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy / enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy / enemy morale |
| hostile fire | fire that injures or kills an enemy / enemy |
| indirect fire | fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons |
| interdiction fire | fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy / enemy from using that area |
| neutralization fire | fire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable |
| observed fire | fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer |
| preparation fire | fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault |
| radar fire | gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar |
| registration fire | fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets |
| scheduled fire | prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time |
| searching fire | fire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun |
| supporting fire | fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat |
| suppressive fire | fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives |
| unobserved fire | fire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observed |
| Broader | attack, onslaught, onset, onrush | (military) an offensive against an enemy / enemy (using weapons) |
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| Spanish | fuego |
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| Catalan | foc |
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| Verbs | fire | cause to go off |
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| fire | start firing a weapon |
| fire | go off or discharge |
English > fire: 21 senses > verb 4, social| Meaning | Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
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| Example | "The boss fired his secretary today" |
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| Synonyms | displace, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate |
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| Narrower | clean out | Force out |
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| dismiss, send packing, send away, drop | stop associating with |
| furlough, lay off | dismiss, usually for economic reasons |
| pension off | let go from employment with an attractive pension |
| retire | make (someone) retire |
| squeeze out | Force out |
| Broader | remove | Remove from a position or an office |
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| Opposite | hire, engage, employ | Engage or hire for work |
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| Spanish | dar aviso, dejar cesante, despachar, despedir, destituir, echar, exonerar, finiquitar, poder |
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| Catalan | acomiadar, despedir, destituir, fer fora |
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| Nouns | firing | the termination of someone's employment / employment (leaving them free to depart) |
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English > fire: 21 senses > verb 7, emotion| Meaning | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, raise, provoke |
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| Narrower | anger | make angry |
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| draw | elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. |
| excite | Arouse or elicit a feeling |
| hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite | hurt the feelings of |
| infatuate | Arouse unreasoning love / love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way |
| inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up | Arouse or excite feelings and passions |
| interest | excite the curiosity of |
| invite, ask for | increase the likelihood of |
| overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake | Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
| prick | To cause a sharp emotional pain |
| rekindle | Arouse again |
| shame | Cause to be ashamed |
| stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir | Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of |
| strike a chord, touch a chord | Evoke a reaction, response, or emotion |
| upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit | Cause to lose one's composure |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
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| Spanish | causar, despertar, estimular, evocar, excitar, incitar, provocar, suscitar |
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| Catalan | causar, despertar, estimular, evocar, excitar, incitar, moure, suscitar |
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