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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| firefight | /x | Noun |
| fire | /x | Noun |
| gunfire | /xx | Noun |
| incoming | /xx | Noun |
| return fire | x//x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| line of fire | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| firing line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| firing point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fireball | /xx | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| cold war | // | Phrase, Noun |
| ammunition | xx/x | Noun |
| bombardment | x/x | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| salvo | /x | Noun |
| guerrilla warfare | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| combat | /x | Noun |
| round | / | Noun |
| gunshot | /x | Noun |
| soft target | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| melee | /x | Noun |
| chivalry | /xx | Noun |
| human shield | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fire alarm | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| projectile | x/x | Noun |
| munition | x/x | Noun |
| barrage | x/ | Noun |
| artillery | x/xx | Noun |
| heavy artillery | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| contraband of war | /xx// | Phrase, Noun |
| manual | /xx | Noun |
| conflagration | xx/x | Noun |
| hostilities | x/xx | Noun |
| combatant | x/x | Noun |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| collateral damage | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| disarmament | x/xx | Noun |
| hand grenade | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tactical | /xx | Adjective |
| trench warfare | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| sally | /x | Name |
| law of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| shotgun | /x | Noun |
| enemy combatant | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| weapon | /x | Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| fire brigade | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| turkey shoot | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
| belligerent | x/xx | Noun |
| encounter | x/x | Noun |
| state of war | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| armistice | /xx | Noun |
| clash | / | Noun |
| chemical warfare | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| fire service | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| alarm | x/ | Noun |
| parley | /x | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| assault weapon | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| first blood | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sortie | /x | Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| ordnance | /x | Noun |
| pitched battle | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| war of words | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| civil war | /x/ | Name, Name |
| field day | // | Phrase, Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| white flag | // | Name, Name |
| action | /x | Noun |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| artifice | /xx | Noun |
| reconnaissance in force | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| arson | /x | Noun |
| fragmentation grenade | /x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| ablaze | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| accessible | x/xx | Adjective |
| acid | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| activist | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| adapted | x/x | Adjective |
| affable | /xx | Adjective |
| agreeable | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| alight | x/ | Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| allied | x/ | Adjective |
| ambient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| amicable | /xxx | Adjective |
| amici | x/x | Adjective |
| amigo | x/x | Noun |
| amis | /x | Name |
| amity | /xx | Noun |
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| ardor | /x | Noun |
| ardour | /x | Noun |
| arouse | x/ | Verb |
| ask for | // | Phrase, Verb |
| associates | x/xx | 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 |
| beneficial | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bilateral | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| blast | / | Noun, Verb |
| blaze | / | Noun, Verb |
| blinded | /x | Adjective |
| bombing | /x | Noun |
| bonfire | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| borg | / | Name, Verb |
| boundary | /xx | Noun |
| boyfriend | /x | Noun |
| brand | / | Noun, Verb |
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| broadside | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| brotherly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| brush fire | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| buddies | /x | Noun |
| bullet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burn | / | Verb, Noun |
| burn down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| burner | /x | Noun |
| burst | / | Verb, Noun |
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective |
| butter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| caliber | /xx | Noun |
| calibre | /xx | Noun |
| calling | /x | Noun |
| campfire | /xx | Noun |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| carer | /x | Noun |
| cashier | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ceasefire | //x | Noun |
| centered | /x | Adjective |
| centred | /x | Adjective |
| cheerful | /x | Adjective |
| chi | / | Name |
| chimney | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cholera | /xx | Noun |
| chummy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| clean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| clean out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| combusted | x/x | Verb |
| combustion | x/x | Noun |
| companions | x/x | Noun |
| compatible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| comrade | /x | Noun, Verb |
| conducive | x/x | Adjective |
| congenial | x/x | Adjective |
| consensual | x/xx | Adjective |
| convivial | x/xx | Adjective |
| cooking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cooperative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| cordial | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cordiality | /x/xx | Noun |
| courteous | /xx | Adjective |
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cozy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| criticism | /xxx | Noun |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| depose | x/ | Verb |
| derive | x/ | Verb |
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| discharge | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dismantled | x/x | Verb |
| dismiss | x/ | Verb |
| dismissal | x/x | Noun |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| drive out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| dung | / | Noun, Verb |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| ecological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| eld | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| elicit | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| employ | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| enabling | x/xx | Noun |
| endearing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| engage | x/ | Verb |
| engine | /x | Noun, Verb |
| enjoyable | x/xx | Adjective |
| entente | x/ | Noun |
| environment | x/xx | Noun |
| evoke | x/ | Verb |
| excite | x/ | Verb |
| expel | x/ | Verb |
| explode | x/ | Verb |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extinguisher | x/xx | Noun |
| extrajudicial | xxx/x | Adjective |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| farewell | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fatherly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| favorable | /xxx | Adjective |
| favour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fellow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fervor | /x | Noun |
| fervour | /x | Noun |
| feu | / | Noun, Verb |
| fiery | /xx | Adjective |
| 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 |
| flak | / | Noun |
