💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spit fire"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fight firesverb | (idiomatic) To deal with urgent matters and minor emergencies rather than longer-term work. |
| die in a fireverb | (chiefly imperative with "go") Go to hell! Go to the devil! Expression of anger and contemptuous dismissal directed at a person or idea. |
| spit bloodverb | To show great anger or contempt, namely in speaking. |
| firenoun | (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. |
| open fireverb | (idiomatic) To begin firing (weapons) at something or someone. |
| draw fireverb | (idiomatic, by extension) To create a distraction that allows one's friends, co-workers, or other associates to gain an advantage over the distracted party. |
| firebatheverb | (ambitransitive) To take a firebath. |
| fire in anger | — |
| blazenoun | A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light. |
| fireballnoun | A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon. |
| set the world on fireverb | (idiomatic) To do something sensational. |
| burst into flameverb | To catch fire suddenly and unexpectedly. |
| shout fire in a crowded theaterverb | (idiomatic) To say something which is not protected by the First Amendment's right to freedom of speech because it would incite violence, panic or lawlessness. |
| set the world afireverb | Alternative form of set the world on fire. [(idiomatic) To do something sensational.] |
| bonfirenoun | A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal. |
| return firenoun | (military) The firing initiated after receiving incoming fire. |
| torchnoun | A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source. |
| burnnoun | A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. |
| set the world aflameverb | Alternative form of set the world on fire. [(idiomatic) To do something sensational.] |
| rain fire and brimstoneverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To send horror or destruction. |
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