| backfire | (noun) a miscalculation that recoils on its maker | Synonyms: boomerang |
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| (noun) a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine | - |
| (noun) the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | Synonyms: blowback |
| (noun) a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path | - |
| balefire | (noun) a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | Synonyms: bonfire |
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| bonfire | (noun) a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | Synonyms: balefire |
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| campfire | (noun) a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp) | - |
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| cookfire | (noun) a fire for cooking | - |
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| counterfire | (noun) fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons | - |
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| crossfire | (noun) fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross | - |
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| (noun) a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions | - |
| drumfire | (noun) intense and continuous artillery fire | Synonyms: cannonade |
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| fire | (noun) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | Synonyms: firing |
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| (noun) a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning | - |
| (noun) intense adverse criticism | Synonyms: attack, blast, flack, flak |
| (noun) the event of something burning (often destructive) | - |
| (noun) a severe trial | - |
| (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour |
| (noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: flame, flaming |
| (noun) fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking | - |
| (noun) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile | - |
| grassfire | (noun) an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area | Synonyms: prairie fire |
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| gunfire | (noun) the act of shooting a gun | Synonyms: gunshot |
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| hellfire | (noun) a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned | Synonyms: red region |
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| misfire | (noun) an explosion that fails to occur | Synonyms: dud |
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| (noun) a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) | Synonyms: miss |
| shellfire | (noun) shooting artillery shells | - |
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| spitfire | (noun) a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman) | - |
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| wildfire | (noun) a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration | - |
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