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- a number of suspicious fires in the neighborhood recently
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- had she the fire in her heart that a run for the White House requires?
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- asked to be sent to the front lines, as he was eager to prove himself in the fire of battle
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of fire (Entry 2 of 2)
- a school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist
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- fired the secretary for incompetence
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- fired a pass to the running back
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- lit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs
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- douse
- (also dowse),
- extinguish,
- put out,
- quench,
- snuff (out)
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“Fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire. Accessed 26 Oct. 2020.
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The first known use of fire was before the 12th century
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