Meaning & use
fire
The rapid chemical process of combustion that produces heat, light, and flame.
See it in a sentence
Firefighters battled the fire for hours before finally bringing the blaze under control.
We gathered around the fire to keep warm on the cold camping trip.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'fire' commonly means to dismiss someone from a job, a sense unrelated to combustion but very frequent in everyday speech.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To dismiss an employee from their job.
The manager fired two employees after the warehouse inventory came up short again.
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