Hypernyms for "fire"
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anger
antiaircraft fire
artillery fire
ask for
backfire
balefire
barrage
barrage fire
battery
blast
blaze
blazing
bombardment
bonfire
broadside
bruise
brush fire
burst
call fire
campfire
cannon fire
clean out
concentrated fire
conflagration
cookfire
counterfire
counterpreparation fire
cover
covering fire
cremate
crossfire
destruction fire
direct fire
discomfit
discompose
disconcert
dismiss
distributed fire
draw
drop
excite
fire up
flare
forest fire
fratricide
friendly fire
furlough
fusillade
grassfire
grazing fire
harassing fire
heat
hostile fire
hurt
ignite
ignition
indirect fire
infatuate
inferno
inflame
injure
interdiction fire
interest
invite
lay off
let drive
let fly
loose off
massed fire
neutralization fire
observed fire
offend
overcome
overpower
overtake
overwhelm
pension off
pop
prairie fire
preparation fire
prick
radar fire
registration fire
rekindle
retire
salvo
scheduled fire
scorch
searching fire
send away
send packing
shake
shake up
shame
shelling
shoot
smolder
smoulder
smudge
spite
squeeze out
stimulate
stir
stir up
strike a chord
supporting fire
suppressive fire
sweep over
torch
touch a chord
unobserved fire
untune
upset
volley
wake
whelm
wound
zeal
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.