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firesnounpl. of fire a destructive burninga number of suspicious fires in the neighborhood recently 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 crosses, crucibles, gauntlets(also gantlets), ordeals, trials baptisms, initiationsadversities, afflictions, asperities, misadventures, mischances, misfortunes, mishaps, privations, tragedies, tribulations, troubles, vicissitudes, woesacid tests, litmus testschallenges, complications, difficulties, griefs, grievances, hardships, rigorsannoyances, discomforts, inconveniences, nuisances baptisms of fire to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with forcepolice officers firing rubber bullets blasts, discharges, looses, shoots, squeezes off launches, projectsblazes (at), snipes (at)casts, catapults, flings, heaves, hurls, hurtles, lobs, pelts, pitches, slings, throws, tosses 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 amps (up), animates, braces, energizes, enlivens, fillips, gingers (up), invigorates, jazzes (up), juices up, jump-starts, livens (up), peps (up), quickens, spikes, stimulates, vitalizes, vivifies, zips (up) arouses, awakens, awakes, raises, rouses, stirs, wakes (up)activates, actuates, drives, impels, motivates, motives, moves, propelscharges, electrifies, galvanizesenkindles, excites, ferments, foments, incites, inflames(also enflames), instigates, kindles, provokes, sets off, sparks, triggers, turns on, whips (up)abets, boosts, buoys, cheers, emboldens, fortifies, heartens, infuses, inspires, lifts, rallies, steels, strengthensreactivates, reanimates, reawakens, reawakes, recharges, recreates, reenergizes, refreshens, refreshes, regenerates, reinvigorates, rejuvenates, rekindles, renews, restimulates, resurrects, resuscitates, revitalizes, revives dampens, damps, deadens, dulls, kills burns out, debilitates, does in, drains, enervates, enfeebles, exhausts, fags, fatigues, harasses, kayoes, knocks out, saps, tuckers (out), undermines, washes out, weakens, wearies, wears, wears outchecks, curbs, inhibits, jades, quells, quenches, represses, restrains, slows, stills, stunts, suppressesdaunts, demoralizes, discourages, disheartens, dispirits to let go from office, service, or employmentfired the secretary for incompetence axes, bounces, cans, cashiers, discharges, dismisses, musters out, pink-slips, releases, removes, retires, sacks, terminates, turns off downsizes, excesses, furloughs, lays off, trimsboots (out), chucks (out), drums (out), kicks out, throws out, unseatsseparates sends packing, shows (someone) the door employs, engages, hires, retains, signs (up or on), takes on keepsreemploys, rehirescontracts, subcontractsrecruits to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the armfired a pass to the running back casts, catapults, chucks, dashes, flings, heaves, hurls, hurtles, launches, lobs, lofts, pegs, pelts, pitches, slings, throws, tosses bowls, darts, flips, guns, hooks, passes, rolls, shootsbucks, ejects, impels, precipitates, projects, propels, rifles, thrusts lets fly to set (something) on firelit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs burns, enkindles, ignites, inflames(also enflames), kindles, lights, torches immolatesdeflagrateschars, frizzles, scorchesbakes, broils, cooksashes, cremates, incinerates, kilnssets offbrightens, illuminates, illumines, irradiates, lightens, radiatesscalds, scathes, searsreignites, rekindles, relightsbanks, stokes douses(also dowses), extinguishes, puts out, quenches, snuffs (out) chokes, smothers, suffocatesstamps (out)blackens, darkens, dims, dulls, obscures |