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• fight a fire — fight a fire/blaze/ phrase to try to stop a large fire from burning Thesaurus: to stop a firesynonym Main entry: fight …   Useful english dictionary

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• Fire apparatus — A fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires, by transporting firefighters to the scene, and providing them with access, water or other equipment. In some areas, the terms fire… …   Wikipedia

• fire — 1 noun 1 BURNING (U) the flames, light and heat produced when something burns: The warehouse was completely destroyed by fire. | be on fire (=be burning): The house is on fire! | catch fire/catch on fire (=start to burn): Mary knocked the candle… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fight — fight1 [ faıt ] (past tense and past participle fought [ fɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 use weapons ▸ 2 hit/kick/bite each other ▸ 3 disagree/argue ▸ 4 try hard to prevent something ▸ 5 try hard to achieve something ▸ 6 try not to show/do something ▸ 7… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fight */*/*/ — I UK [faɪt] / US verb Word forms fight : present tense I/you/we/they fight he/she/it fights present participle fighting past tense fought UK [fɔːt] / US [fɔt] past participle fought 1) [intransitive/transitive] if people fight, they use guns or… …   English dictionary

• fire — fire1 W1S1 [faıə US faır] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(flames that destroy things)¦ 2¦(flames for heating/cooking etc)¦ 3¦(heating equipment)¦ 4¦(shooting)¦ 5¦(be attacked)¦ 6¦(emotion)¦ 7 fire in your belly 8¦(sick/injured)¦ 9 light a fire under somebody …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fight*/*/*/ — [faɪt] (past tense and past participle fought [fɔːt] ) verb I 1) [I/T] if people fight, they use guns or other weapons against each other Dan fought in the Gulf War.[/ex] We were fighting for freedom.[/ex] 2) [I/T] if people or animals fight,… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Fire (comics) — Superherobox| caption=Fire, artist Lee Bermejo character name=Fire publisher=DC Comics debut=Historical: Super Friends #25, (October 1979) Current: Infinity, Inc. #32 (November 1986) creators=E. Nelson Bridwell (writer) Ramona Fradon (artist)… …   Wikipedia

• fire fight — noun : an exchange of fire between opposing military units as distinct from the fighting when the two forces close with each other (as during an assault) * * * fire fight UK US noun [countable] [singular fire fight plural fire fights] a fight in… …   Useful english dictionary