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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| line of fire | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| projectile | x/x | Noun |
| firing line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fire | /x | Noun |
| friendly fire | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| firing point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| incoming | /xx | Noun |
| gunshot | /x | Noun |
| gunfire | /xx | Noun |
| return fire | x//x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| shooting | /x | Noun |
| mark | / | Noun |
| target | /x | Noun |
| barrage | x/ | Noun |
| gunpoint | /x | Noun |
| shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| strafing | /x | Noun |
| round | / | Noun |
| manual | /xx | Noun |
| artillery | x/xx | Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| firefight | /x | Noun |
| shotgun | /x | Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| striking distance | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| dead set | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| arson | /x | Noun |
| charge | / | Noun |
| fireball | /xx | Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| target of opportunity | /x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| melee | /x | Noun |
| first blood | // | Phrase, Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| drive | / | Noun |
| heavy artillery | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| surgical strike | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| infighting | /xx | Noun |
| turkey shoot | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
| electric | x/x | Name |
| salvo | /x | Noun |
| weapon | /x | Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| ambush | /x | Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| front line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| bombardment | x/x | Noun |
| firing squad | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| saturation | xx/x | Noun |
| lethal | /x | Adjective |
| hot pursuit | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| direct examination | x/xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| draught | / | Noun |
| hand grenade | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| assault weapon | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| command | x/ | Noun |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| presentation | xx/x | Noun |
| field day | // | Phrase, Noun |
| munition | x/x | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| dueling | /x | Noun |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| onslaught | /x | Noun |
| drill | / | Noun |
| infantry | /xx | Noun |
| ammunition | xx/x | Noun |
| tactic | /x | Noun |
| line of march | /// | Name, Name |
| spearhead | /x | Noun |
| brunt | / | Noun |
| baptism of fire | /xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| ordnance | /x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| present | /x | Noun |
| assault rifle | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| ablaze | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| acid | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aim | / | Noun, Verb |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| alight | x/ | Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| allocate | /xx | Verb |
| alternating | /xxx | Adjective |
| ardor | /x | Noun |
| ardour | /x | Noun |
| arithmetical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| arouse | x/ | Verb |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| ask for | // | Phrase, Verb |
| automatic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| axe | / | Noun, Verb |
| backfire | /x | Verb, Noun |
| baited | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| baking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ballast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| barracks | /x | Noun |
| battery | /xx | Noun |
| beacon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| beam | / | Noun, Verb |
| benzene | x/ | Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| blast | / | Noun, Verb |
| blaze | / | Noun, Verb |
| blinded | /x | Adjective |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bluff | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| bold | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bombing | /x | Noun |
| bonfire | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| borg | / | Name, Verb |
| boundary | /xx | Noun |
| brand | / | Noun, Verb |
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| broadside | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| brush fire | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| brutally | /xx | Adverb |
| bullet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burn | / | Verb, Noun |
| burn down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| burner | /x | Noun |
| burst | / | Verb, Noun |
| butter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| calculate | /xx | Verb |
| caliber | /xx | Noun |
| calibre | /xx | Noun |
| calling | /x | Noun |
| campaigns | x/ | Noun |
| campfire | /xx | Noun |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| candid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cashier | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| ceasefire | //x | Noun |
| channel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chimney | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cholera | /xx | Noun |
| clean out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| collateral | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| combusted | x/x | Verb |
| combustion | x/x | Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| concentrate | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conflagration | xx/x | Noun |
| conn | / | Noun, Verb |
| contact | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contemporaneously | xxx/xxx | Adverb |
| contrive | x/ | Verb |
| control | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| convey | x/ | Verb |
| cooking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| corner | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| covert | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| criticism | /xxx | Noun |
| curse | / | Noun, Verb |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| deals | / | Verb |
| dedicate | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| democratic | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| depose | x/ | Verb |
| derive | x/ | Verb |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| devote | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| directed | x/x | Adjective |
| direction | x/x | Noun |
| directional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| directives | x/x | Noun |
| directly | x/x | Adverb |
| discharge | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dismantled | x/x | Verb |
| dismiss | x/ | Verb |
| dismissal | x/x | Noun |
| divert | x/ | Verb |
| dock | / | Noun, Verb |
| downright | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| drive out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| dung | / | Noun, Verb |
| eld | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| elicit | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| employ | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| engage | x/ | Verb |
| engine | /x | Noun, Verb |
| engineer | /x/ | Noun, Verb |
| entrust | x/ | Verb |
| evoke | x/ | Verb |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exact | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Adverb |
| exactly | x/x | Adverb |
| excite | x/ | Verb |
| expel | x/ | Verb |
| explicit | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| explode | x/ | Verb |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extinguisher | x/xx | Noun |
| fervor | /x | Noun |
| fervour | /x | Noun |
| feu | / | Noun, Verb |
| fiery | /xx | Adjective |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| fire up | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| firearm | /xx | Noun |
| firefighter | /xx | Noun |
| firehouse | /xx | Noun |
| fireman | /x | Noun |
| fireplace | /xx | Noun |
| firepower | /xx | Noun |
| firewall | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fireworks | /x | Noun |
