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How to sign: the act of setting on fire or catching fire
Similiar / Same: kindling, ignition, lighting, inflammation
Categories: burning, combustion
How to sign: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
"hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire";
Similiar / Same: fire
Categories: attack, onrush, onset, onslaught
Within this category: antiaircraft fire, artillery fire, barrage, broadside, call fire, concentrated fire, counterfire, counterpreparation fire, cover, crossfire, destruction fire, direct fire, distributed fire, friendly fire, fusillade, grazing fire, harassing fire, hostile fire, indirect fire, interdiction fire, neutralization fire, observed fire, preparation fire, radar fire, registration fire, scheduled fire, searching fire, supporting fire, suppressive fire, unobserved fire
How to sign: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Similiar / Same: dismission, sacking, liberation, dismissal, release, discharge, sack
Categories: conclusion, ending, termination
Within this category: conge, deactivation, dishonorable discharge, removal, Section Eight, superannuation
