Related Words for open fire

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fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fire away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
light up
//
Phrase, Verb
shoot off
//
Phrase, Verb
fire off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
let fly
//
Phrase, Verb
pull the trigger
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
catch fire
//x
Phrase, Verb
burn
/
Noun
shoot from the hip
//x/
Phrase, Verb
shoot off at the mouth
///x/
Phrase, Verb
go up in flames
//x/
Phrase, Verb
fight fire with fire
//x//x
Phrase, Verb
fire on all cylinders
/x///xx
Phrase, Verb
kick off
//
Phrase, Verb
return fire
x//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
flag
/
Noun
bombard
x/
Verb
light a fire under
/x/x/x
Phrase, Verb
blow away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shotgun
/x
Noun
open the floodgates
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
set the world on fire
/x///x
Phrase, Verb
take aim
//
Phrase, Verb
open doors
/x/
Phrase, Verb
start in on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
play with fire
///x
Phrase, Verb
hit off
//
Phrase, Verb
smoke out
//
Phrase, Verb
jump the gun
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get the ball rolling
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
open the door
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
hit out
//
Phrase, Verb
put out the fire
//x/x
Phrase, Verb
run wild
//
Name, Verb
kick in
/x
Phrase, Verb
take the offensive
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
hit the ground running
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
shoot the bull
/x/
Phrase, Verb
kick up
//
Phrase, Verb
lay into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bullet
/x
Noun
throw down
//
Phrase, Verb
shoot the breeze
/x/
Phrase, Verb
let someone have it
//x//
Phrase, Verb
set off
//
Phrase, Verb
go great guns
///
Phrase, Verb
draw a bead on
/x//
Phrase, Verb
spout off
/x
Phrase, Verb
blow off steam
///
Phrase, Verb
lash out
//
Phrase, Verb
go up in smoke
//x/
Phrase, Verb
strike up
//
Phrase, Verb
go to town
///
Phrase, Verb
strike a blow
/x/
Phrase, Verb
spring into action
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
go at it
///
Phrase, Verb
boil over
//x
Phrase, Verb
come to blows
///
Phrase, Verb
take it out on
////
Phrase, Verb
run riot
//x
Phrase, Verb
blow up
//
Phrase, Verb
break into a run
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
build a fire under
/x/x/x
Phrase, Verb
shoot up
//
Phrase, Verb
let them have it
/xxx
Phrase
go out with a bang
///x/
Phrase, Verb
run amok
/xx
Phrase, Verb
grenade
x/
Noun
tee off
//
Phrase, Verb
burst out laughing
///x
Phrase, Verb
blow smoke
//
Phrase, Verb
strike while the iron is hot
//x/x//
Phrase, Verb
blow out
//
Phrase, Verb
drill
/
Noun
run at
//
Phrase, Verb
walk into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
blow a fuse
/x/
Phrase, Verb
jump on
//
Phrase, Verb
backfire
/x
Noun
drop a bombshell
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
blow off
//
Phrase, Verb
open up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
kick out
//
Phrase, Verb
hit the streets
/x/
Phrase, Verb
blaze
/
Noun
get the show on the road
/x//x/
Phrase, Verb
put to the sword
//x/
Phrase, Verb
hit it
//
Phrase, Verb
hit the gas
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shoot
/
Noun
have a go
/x/
Phrase, Verb
blaze a trail
/x/
Phrase, Verb
loose cannon
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
ablaze
x/
Adverb, Adjective
abram
x/
Name, Adjective
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
access
/x
Noun, Verb
accessible
x/xx
Adjective
acid
/x
Noun, Adjective
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
afford
x/
Verb
agape
x/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
air
/
Noun, Verb
ajar
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
alight
x/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective
alive
x/
Adjective
allow
x/
Verb
amenable
x/xx
Adjective
ammunition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
aperture
/xx
Noun
approachable
x/xx
Adjective
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
ardor
/x
Noun
ardour
/x
Noun
arid
/x
Adjective
arouse
x/
Verb
arson
/x
Noun, Verb
artillery
x/xx
Noun
artless
/x
Adjective
ask for
//
Phrase, Verb
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attentive
x/x
Adjective
audience
/xx
Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
axe
/
Noun, Verb
azo
/x
Noun, Adjective
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
baited
/x
Verb, Adjective
baking
/x
Noun, Adjective
bald
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ballast
/x
Noun, Verb
barracks
/x
Noun
barrage
x/
Noun, Verb
battery
/xx
Noun
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
beam
/
Noun, Verb
began
x/
Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blanket
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
blast
/
Noun, Verb
blatant
/x
Adjective
blinded
/x
Adjective
blog
/
Noun, Verb
bluntly
/x
Adverb
bombing
/x
Noun
bonfire
/xx
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
borderless
/xx
Adjective
borg
/
Name, Verb
boundary
/xx
Noun
brand
/
Noun, Verb
breach
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
break open
//x
Phrase, Verb
bridged
/
Adjective
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
bring
/
Verb
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
broaden
/x
Verb, Noun
broadside
/x
Noun, Adverb, Verb
brush fire
//x
Phrase, Noun
burn down
//
Phrase, Verb
burner
/x
Noun
burst
/
Verb, Noun
bushels
/x
Noun
butter
/x
Noun, Verb
caliber
/xx
Noun
calibre
/xx
Noun
called
/
Adjective
campfire
/xx
Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
candid
/x
Adjective, Noun
carriage
/x
Noun
cashier
x/
Noun, Verb
ceasefire
//x
Noun
central
/x
Adjective, Noun
championship
/xxx
Noun
chimney
/x
Noun, Verb
cholera
/xx
Noun
civil
/x
Adjective, Name
clean out
//
Phrase, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
coarse
/
Adjective
combusted
x/x
Verb
combustion
x/x
Noun
commence
x/
Verb
commencement
x/x
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
conflagration
xx/x
Noun
conquest
/x
Noun, Verb
conspicuous
x/xx
Adjective
constricted
x/x
Adjective
convene
x/
Verb
cooking
/x
Noun, Adjective
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
covert
/x
Adjective, Noun
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
criticism
/xxx
Noun
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
declared
x/
Adjective
depose
x/
Verb
derive
x/
Verb
device
x/
Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
disclose
x/
Verb, Noun
disclosure
x/x
Noun
discovered
x/x
Adjective
dismantled
x/x
Adjective
dismiss
x/
Verb
dismissal
x/x
Noun
display
x/
Noun, Verb
disposed
x/
Adjective
door
/
Noun, Verb
dozens
/x
Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drive out
//
Phrase, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dry
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dung
/
Noun, Verb
dusty
/x
Adjective, Noun
eld
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
elicit
x/x
Verb, Adjective
eligible
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
embark
x/
Verb
employ
x/
Verb, Noun
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
engage
x/
Verb
engine
/x
Noun, Verb
enlightened
x/x
Adjective, Noun
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
establish
x/x
Verb
evoke
x/
Verb
excite
x/
Verb
expand
x/
Verb
expansive
x/x
Adjective
expel
x/
Verb
explicit
x/x
Adjective, Noun