fire - use in sentences

Object

  • shot: Even my wife can fire a good shot over a distance.
  • boiler: Adequate capacity for train heating is provided in two oil fired boilers installed on either side of the transmission gearbox.

Converse of object

  • extinguish: Sam has to rescue Norman's trapped hand, help catch Wooly and extinguish a fire.
  • roar: Its traditional, cozy and friendly interior and roaring log fires attract both locals and visitors alike.

Converse of subject

  • destroy: This town house had been destroyed by fire in 1791.

Adjective modifier

  • electric: Fitting could not be simpler for the Zeton electric fire, which needs only an electric socket near by.

Modifies a noun

  • brigade: Fire brigade is unconvinced by my tale of an overheating computer.
  • extinguisher: British Standard 5306 states that where fire extinguishers exist in the workplace staff should be trained in the use of them.
  • alarm: Fire safety is essential, Deaf people should not have to go without a fire alarm.
  • safety: For fire safety reasons, there is a no smoking policy in all of our catered chalets.
  • fighter: Fire fighters had to bang on the door of the ground floor flat to wake up the woman living there.
  • precaution: Adequate fire precautions have been taken to ensure the animals safety in the case of fire.

Noun used with modifier

  • log: The oak beamed lounge with log fires in winter provides room to relax.
  • artillery: This withdrawal was conducted under tank and artillery fire.
  • coal: Two of the cottages have a coal burning effect fire.
  • flame: The electric central heating throughout is complemented by a living flame gas fire in the lounge, for those cozy nights in.
  • gas: ACCOMMODATION: Sleeps 6 Ground Floor: Lounge with coal effect gas fire.

Possessives

  • refiner: For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers ' soap ( Mal.

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