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" पर्याय: firing,
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"
intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don''t give me any flak" पर्याय: attack, flak, flack, blast,
the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"
a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors'' first discoveries" पर्याय: flame, flaming,
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; "put the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire"
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" पर्याय: burn, burn down,
cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" पर्याय: discharge,
go off or discharge; "The gun fired" पर्याय: discharge, go off,