| fire sale |
a sale at reduced prices of goods presumably damaged by or during a fire. |
| fire service |
see "fire brigade." |
| fire station |
a building in which firefighting equipment and trucks are kept and at which firefighters are housed or on duty. |
| fire tower |
a high towerlike structure, usu. in a forest, from which a lookout keeps watch to detect and report fires. |
| fire truck |
see "fire engine." |
| fire up |
to get (something) burning, heating, or cooking. [2 definitions] |
| fire wall |
a wall of fireproof material intended to prevent the spread of fire, as from one part of a building to another. [2 definitions] |
| fire-eater |
a performer, as in a circus, who pretends to swallow fire. [2 definitions] |
| fire-resistant |
difficult to burn. |
| free-fire zone |
a military area in which anyone or anything can be shot or bombed. |
| Greek fire |
an incendiary material used in warfare by Byzantine Greeks in the Middle Ages. |
| irons in the fire |
projects or undertakings. |
| line of fire |
the path of a fired bullet or shell. [2 definitions] |
| make a fire |
to arrange wood, paper, or other materials in such a way that they will burn together and then use a lighter or other device to start the materials burning. |
| on fire |
burning; in flames. [3 definitions] |
| out of the frying pan into the fire |
from a bad position into one that is even worse. |
| play with fire |
to carelessly provoke danger. |
| rapid-fire |
of guns, designed to fire shots in rapid succession. [2 definitions] |
| running fire |
a rapid, continuous series of shots. [2 definitions] |
| Saint Anthony's fire |
any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions, such as ergotism. |