Thesaurus results for FIRE (AT)

fire (at)

verb

Definition of fire (at)

as in to blast (at)

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Husted's bill would not take full effect for two years and would not bring down electricity prices before the midterms.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
From beef to diesel, White House efforts to bring down prices — the top concern among midterm voters — have failed so far to pan out.

— Riley Beggin, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of bring down

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Television commercials featuring the likes of Alabama great Nick Saban have peppered college football broadcasts this month, and Cruz appeared on ESPN's College GameDay to promote the bill.

— Becky Sullivan, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026
Season with the chili powder, paprika, salt, and pepper and pat the seasoning into the meat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of pepper

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To keep the wind from blowing away the transplants, Deerwester showed how to fold down much of the leaves and put the tops of the leaves in the fold to help anchor the plants better.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
But when drought struck Oklahoma and surrounding states, as drought regularly did, the topsoil dried out and blew away.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of blow away

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The most important change may therefore be less dramatic than the image of a laser beam shooting down a drone.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
By October 2022, rumors were flying that the sisters were fighting over their mother’s will, a claim that Wynonna shot down while speaking with People.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of shoot down

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