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firenoun a destructive burninga number of suspicious fires in the neighborhood recently depth of feelinghad she the fire in her heart that a run for the White House requires? ardency, ardor, emotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidness, fervor, heat, intenseness, intensity, passion, passionateness, vehemence, violence, warmth, white heat cathexisemotionalism, emotionality, histrionics, mawkishness, melodrama, sappiness, sentimentalityeagerness, earnestness, excitement, gusto, keenness, zestfanaticism, fever, hot-bloodedness, infatuation, mania, obsession, zealcompassion, responsiveness, sentiment, sympathy, tendernesstorridity, torridness impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, insensibleness, insensitiveness, insensitivity aloofness, calmness, collectedness, composure, detachedness, dryness, phlegm, reserve, reservedness, reticence, taciturnityapathy, indifference, stoicism, stoniness, unconcernstiffness, woodennesschilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness a test of faith, patience, or strengthasked to be sent to the front lines, as he was eager to prove himself in the fire of battle cross, crucible, gauntlet(also gantlet), ordeal, trial baptism, initiationadversity, affliction, asperity, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, privation, tragedy, tribulation, trouble, vicissitude, woeacid test, litmus testchallenge, complication, difficulty, grief, grievance, hardship, rigorannoyance, discomfort, inconvenience, nuisance baptism of fire to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with forcepolice officers firing rubber bullets blast, discharge, loose, shoot, squeeze off launch, projectblaze (at), snipe (at)cast, catapult, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, lob, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss to cause a weapon to release a missile with great forcesoldiers fired at the enemy in panic-stricken disorder to give life, vigor, or spirit toa school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist amp (up), animate, brace, energize, enliven, fillip, ginger (up), invigorate, jazz (up), juice up, jump-start, liven (up), pep (up), quicken, spike, stimulate, vitalize, vivify, zip (up) arouse, awake, awaken, raise, rouse, stir, wake (up)activate, actuate, drive, impel, motivate, motive, move, propelcharge, electrify, galvanizeenkindle, excite, ferment, foment, incite, inflame(also enflame), instigate, kindle, provoke, set off, spark, trigger, turn on, whip (up)abet, boost, buoy, cheer, embolden, fortify, hearten, infuse, inspire, lift, rally, steel, strengthenreactivate, reanimate, reawake, reawaken, recharge, recreate, reenergize, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, restimulate, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive damp, dampen, deaden, dull, kill burn out, debilitate, do in, drain, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fag, fatigue, harass, kayo, knock out, sap, tucker (out), undermine, wash out, weaken, wear, wear out, wearycheck, curb, inhibit, jade, quell, quench, repress, restrain, slow, still, stunt, suppressdaunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit to let go from office, service, or employmentfired the secretary for incompetence ax(or axe), bounce, can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate, turn off downsize, excess, furlough, lay off, trimboot (out), chuck (out), drum (out), kick out, throw out, unseatseparate send packing, show (someone) the door employ, engage, hire, retain, sign (up or on), take on keepreemploy, rehirecontract, subcontractrecruit to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the armfired a pass to the running back cast, catapult, chuck, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, loft, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shootbuck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust let fly to set (something) on firelit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs burn, enkindle, ignite, inflame(also enflame), kindle, light, torch immolatedeflagratechar, frizzle, scorchbake, broil, cookash, cremate, incinerate, kilnset offbrighten, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, lighten, radiatescald, scathe, searreignite, rekindle, relightbank, stoke douse(also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out) choke, smother, suffocatestamp (out)blacken, darken, dim, dull, obscure before the 12th century |