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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| shoot one's mouth 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 |
| let her rip | /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 |
| open one's mouth | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| open someone's eyes | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| 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 |
| blow off steam | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| lash out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| go up in smoke | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get the drop on | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| go off half-cocked | ///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 |
| shoot one's bolt | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| go out with a bang | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run amok | /xx | Phrase, Verb |
| tee off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| grenade | x/ | Noun |
| 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, Noun |
| 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 | xx | 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, Noun |
| 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 | / | Adverb, 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 |
