Collocations
Collocations
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Phrases containing fire, including its inflections. Clear word filter
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Verb + noun(7)
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start a fire
to cause something to begin burning
build a fire
to arrange wood and other fuel and ignite it to create a fire
fight a fire
to work to extinguish a blaze
fire a gun
to shoot a gun
light a fire
to ignite fuel so that it burns
fire a professor
To dismiss a professor from their position
fire a shot
to discharge a weapon once
Adjective + noun(6)
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open fire
a fire burning in an exposed hearth, not enclosed in a stove
fire chief
the head of a fire department or brigade
raging fire
a fire burning violently and out of control
roaring fire
a large, vigorous, and audibly crackling fire
devastating fire
a fire that causes great destruction to property or landscape
antiaircraft fire
gunfire directed at aircraft