Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) fire (the event of something burning (often destructive)) "they lost everything in the fire"
S: (n) fire, firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy) "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
S: (n) fire, flame, flaming (the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke) "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
S: (n) combustion, burning (a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light)
S: (n) oxidation, oxidization, oxidisation (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)
S: (n) chemical reaction, reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others) "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
S: (n) fire (a severe trial) "he went through fire and damnation"
S: (n) fire, attack, flak, flack, blast (intense adverse criticism) "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
S: (n) cooking, cookery, preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
W: (n) fire [Related to: fire] (the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke) "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"