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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| gunfire | /xx | Noun |
| firing line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| incoming | /xx | Noun |
| line of fire | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| fire | /x | Noun |
| firing point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| round | / | Noun |
| firefight | /x | Noun |
| fireball | /xx | Noun |
| friendly fire | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| discharge | x/ | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| front | / | Noun |
| fire alarm | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| fire brigade | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| rearguard action | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| baptism of fire | /xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| firing squad | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| charge | / | Noun |
| barrage | x/ | Noun |
| military | /xxx | Noun |
| manual | /xx | Noun |
| shooting war | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| summons | /x | Noun |
| breakthrough | /x | Noun |
| salvo | /x | Noun |
| retreat | x/ | Noun |
| offensive | x/x | Noun |
| service | /x | Noun |
| fire service | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| alert | x/ | Noun |
| gunshot | /x | Noun |
| present | /x | Noun |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| confrontation | xx/x | Noun |
| reconnaissance in force | x/xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| call up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| shooting | /x | Noun |
| projectile | x/x | Noun |
| striking distance | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| munition | x/x | Noun |
| heavy artillery | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| pullout | /x | Noun |
| rearguard | /x | Noun |
| issue | /x | Noun |
| bombardment | x/x | Noun |
| line of march | /// | Name, Name |
| target of opportunity | /x/xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| alarm | x/ | Noun |
| forces | /x | Noun |
| file | / | Noun |
| requisition | xx/x | Noun |
| drive | / | Noun |
| field day | // | Phrase, Noun |
| call to arms | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| ordnance | /x | Noun |
| retrenchment | x/x | Noun |
| arming | /x | Noun |
| police | x/ | Noun |
| tasking | /x | Noun |
| push | / | Noun |
| hand grenade | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| gunfight | /x | Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun |
| marching orders | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| dispatch | x/ | Noun |
| armament | /xx | Noun |
| melee | /x | Noun |
| sally | /x | Name |
| detachment | x/x | Noun |
| hot pursuit | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| conflagration | xx/x | Noun |
| artillery | x/xx | Noun |
| synchronization | xxx/x | Noun |
| battle | /x | Noun |
| battle cry | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| order of battle | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| shotgun | /x | Noun |
| array | x/ | Noun |
| sortie | /x | Noun |
| pitched battle | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| armed forces | //x | Name, Name |
| drawdown | /x | Noun |
| muster | /x | Noun |
| deployment | x/x | Noun |
| first blood | // | Phrase, Noun |
| fragmentation grenade | /x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| war game | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| booting | /x | Noun |
| turkey shoot | /xx | Phrase, Noun |
| strafing | /x | Noun |
| tactic | /x | Noun |
| battle line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| firestorm | /x | Noun |
| picket | /x | Noun |
| button | /x | Noun |
| ablaze | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| accrue | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| achievement | x/x | Noun |
| acid | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| address | /x | Noun, Verb |
| affidavit | xx/x | Noun |
| affordability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| again | x/ | Adverb |
| alight | x/ | Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| allocate | /xx | Verb |
| ammunition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| announcement | x/x | Noun |
| ardor | /x | Noun |
| ardour | /x | Noun |
| arouse | x/ | Verb |
| arrival | x/x | Noun |
| arrive | x/ | Verb |
| arson | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ask for | // | Phrase, Verb |
| assumed | x/ | Adjective |
| axe | / | Noun, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backfire | /x | Verb, Noun |
| backflow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backhand | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| backtrack | /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 |
| benchmark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| benefit | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bill | / | Noun, Verb |
| blast | / | Noun, Verb |
| blaze | / | Noun, Verb |
| blinded | /x | Adjective |
| bombing | /x | Noun |
| bonfire | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| book | / | Noun, Verb |
| boomerang | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| borg | / | Name, Verb |
| borrow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| bounce | / | Verb, Noun |
| boundary | /xx | Noun |
| brand | / | Noun, Verb |
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| bring | / | Verb |
| bring back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| broadside | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| brush fire | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| bullet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burn | / | Verb, Noun |
| burn down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| burner | /x | Noun |
| burst | / | Verb, Noun |
| butter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| caliber | /xx | Noun |
| calibre | /xx | Noun |
| callback | /x | Noun |
| calling | /x | Noun |
| campfire | /xx | Noun |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| cashier | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ceasefire | //x | Noun |
| change | / | Noun, Verb |
| chimney | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cholera | /xx | Noun |
| chop | / | Noun, Verb |
| clean out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| combusted | x/x | Verb |
| combustion | x/x | Noun |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| come back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| comeback | /x | Noun, Verb |
| coming back | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| compensation | xx/x | Noun |
| consideration | xxx/x | Noun |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contribution | xx/x | Noun |
| cooking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| counterpart | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| counterparty | /xxx | Noun |
| counterweight | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| criticism | /xxx | Noun |
| cut back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| decay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| declaration | xx/x | Noun |
| defer | x/ | Verb |
| delay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deliver | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| deport | x/ | Verb |
| deportation | xx/x | Noun |
| depose | x/ | Verb |
| depreciation | xxx/x | Noun |
| derive | x/ | Verb |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| devolution | xx/x | Noun |
| devolve | x/ | Verb |
| disbursement | x/x | Noun |
| discarding | x/x | Noun |
| disclosure | x/x | Noun |
| dismantled | x/x | Noun |
| dismiss | x/ | Verb |
| dismissal | x/x | Noun |
| dividend | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| double back | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| draw | / | Verb, Noun |
| drawback | /x | Noun |
| drive out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| dung | / | Noun, Verb |
| earning | /x | Verb, Noun |
| earnings | /x | Noun |
| efficiency | x/xx | Noun |
| eld | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| elect | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| election | x/x | Noun |
| elicit | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| employ | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| engage | x/ | Verb |
| engine | /x | Noun, Verb |
| enhancement | x/x | Noun |
| enter | /x | Verb, Noun |
| entry | /x | Noun |
| equivalent | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| evoke | x/ | Verb |
| exchange | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| excite | x/ | Verb |
| expel | x/ | Verb |
| explode | x/ | Verb |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| expulsion | x/x | Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extinguisher | x/xx | Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| feedback | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fervor | /x | Noun |
| fervour | /x | Noun |
| feu | / | Noun, Verb |
| fiery | /xx | Adjective |
| fire up | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| firearm | /xx | Noun |
