(n.) The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
(n.) Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.
(n.) The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
(n.) Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
(n.) Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper.
(n.) Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
(n.) Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
(n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
(n.) The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.
(v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
(v. t.) To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.
(v. t.) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
(v. t.) To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
(v. t.) To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
(v. t.) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
(v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
(v. t.) To drive by fire.
(v. t.) To cauterize.
(v. i.) To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
(v. i.) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
(v. i.) To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
Example Sentences:
(1) These channels may, at least in some cases, be responsible for the generation of pacemaker depolarizations, thereby regulating firing behaviour.
(2) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
(3) Microionophoretically applied excitatory amino acids induced firing of extracellularly recorded single units in a tissue slice preparation of the mouse cochlear nucleus, and the similarly applied antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (2APV) was demonstrated to be a selective N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist.
(4) However, the firing of 5-HT neurons appears to relate to the state of vigilance of the animal.
(5) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
(6) Core biopsy with computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound (US) guidance may be such an alternative, particularly when a spring-loaded firing device is used.
(7) Both Ken Whisenhunt and Lovie Smith were fired as head coaches after the 2012 season.
(8) It was an artwork that fired the imaginations of 2 million visitors who played with, were provoked by and plunged themselves into the curious atmosphere of The Weather Project , with its swirling mist and gigantic mirrors that covered the hall's ceiling.
(9) The biggest single source of air pollution is coal-fired power stations and China, with its large population and heavy reliance on coal power, provides $2.3tn of the annual subsidies.
(10) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
(11) The fire at Glasgow School of Art's Charles Rennie Mackintosh building was reported at about 12.30pm.
(12) He gets Lyme disease , he dates indie girls and strippers; he lives in disused warehouses and crappy flats with weirded-out flatmates who want to set him on fire and buy the petrol to do so.
(13) The effects of clozapine on the spontaneous firing rate of noradrenergic (NE, locus coeruleus), dopaminergic (DA, zona compacta, ventral tegmental area) and non-dopaminergic (zona reticulata) neurons was studied in chloral hydrate anesthetized rats.
(14) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
(15) Seconds later the camera turns away as what sounds like at least 15 gunshots are fired amid bystanders’ screams.
(16) The distinguishing feature of this study is the simultaneous measurement of sympathetic firing and norepinephrine spillover in the same organ, the kidney, under conditions of intact sympathetic impulse traffic.
(17) Without a renewables target, Energy Department officials said, it would be possible for a large proportion of this shortfall to be met by gas-fired power generation.
(18) Measurements were made of the width of the marginal gap for three sites at each of four stages: (1) after the shoulder firing, (2) after the body-incisal firing, (3) after the glaze firing, and (4) after a correction firing.
(19) Part of his initial lump sum will be donated to a fund to replace a hall destroyed by fire in an arson attack four years ago at St Luke’s Church in Newton Poppleford.
(20) Starting from the observation that the part above 6 Hz of the power spectrum of force tremor during isometric contractions can be related to the unfused twitches of motor units firing asynchronously, an attempt was made to study the usefulness of force tremor spectral analysis as a global descriptor of motoneurone pool activity.
Fireproof
Definition:
(a.) Proof against fire; incombustible.
Example Sentences:
(1) Testing conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) confirmed that the petroleum-like odor was due to the fireproofing.
(2) I improved my security, had my front door steel reinforced, a fireproof letterbox put in.
(3) Hotel robberies have become virtually uncontrollable, and there have been some spectacular recent cases in which thieves have broken into hotel vaults.” And oh, yes: visitors should try “to avoid buildings that are not completely fireproof” and “to obtain a room that is close by the fire stairs”.
(4) If your house was on fire would you want to be rescued (in anything other than a sexual fantasy) by a woman in nine-inch high silver platforms, sparkly blue trousers and a PVC skin-tight red jacket vaguely resembling something fireproof?
(5) John Belles built a concrete dome and turned it into a house 15 years ago because the manufacturers told him it was fireproof.
(6) After examining Marie Curie House, an identical block adjoining Lakanal – where similar rennovations took place and where the equivalent ceiling has now been removed – Webb believes the work compromised fireproofing between flats and the corridor.
(7) Video sales may be generally ailing, but in this sector, they're booming (Fireproof, produced by Nixon, racked up 90,000 DVD sales in Brazil alone; the accompanying book sold 120,000).
(8) Regarding non-occupational exposures to asbestos, 13 cases of mesothelioma were found in women who had washed the work clothes of their relatives at home; we also found other domestic uses of asbestos which were rarely or never discussed previously in the literature: six cases might be explained by the installation of fireproof or non-conductive materials in the domestic environment.
(9) The papers The Times has an exclusive on Grenfell Tower and claims leaked emails show that fireproof cladding was allegedly downgraded to save about £300,000 in refurbishment costs.
(10) A main concern is modifications to buildings, some by residents, for example right-to-buy flat owners who replace the original fireproof doors to their flats with combustible replacements.
(11) This paper focuses on the extensive use of asbestos as a fireproofing and insulating material in shipbuilding in the 1940s, when World War II industrial expansion brought about a hitherto unprecedented rise in the amount of asbestos utilized.
(12) FIREPROOF BOSSES "Paul Ince was sacked by Blackburn after failing to win for 11 matches," began Lars Ellensohn in 2009 .
(13) An investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Branch (OSHA) of the Alaska Department of Labor found no major health problems and concluded that fireproofing at the school may have caused a petroleum-like odor.
(14) Hopefully fireproof, as Drogon has been known to get overexcited when the Targaryens get into the final third.
(15) Chloroform has the great advantage of being fireproof, but proper fume hoods should be used.
(16) Installing cable above a suspended ceiling in the presence of asbestos-containing fireproofing is an example of an activity that may disturb in-place asbestos and associated dust and debris.
(17) But once he'd been passed Cable's quasi-judicial duty to rule on the bid, Hunt had doggedly set prejudice aside to establish a fireproof process: all his experts' advice would be published and he'd have to explain whenever he didn't take it.
(18) FIREPROOF BOSSES “Paul Ince was sacked after failing to win for 11 matches,” begins Lars Ellensohn.
(19) In Fireproof, our hero saves his marriage by means of the 40-day programme recommended to him by his born-again father.
(20) What developed was Concrete Canvas, a fabric that hardens when sprayed with water, creating a waterproof and fireproof concrete layer.