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Antonyms for catch fire

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fahyuh r
Phonetic Transcription : faɪər


Definition of catch fire

Origin :
  • c.1200, furen, figurative, "arouse, excite;" literal sense of "set fire to" is from late 14c., from fire (n.). The Old English verb fyrian "to supply with fire" apparently did not survive into Middle English.
  • The sense of "sack, dismiss" is first recorded 1885 in American English (earlier "throw (someone) out" of some place, 1871), probably from a play on the two meanings of discharge: "to dismiss from a position," and "to fire a gun," fire in the second sense being from "set fire to gunpowder," attested from 1520s. Of bricks, pottery, etc., from 1660s. Related: Fired; firing. Fired up "angry" is from 1824. Firing squad is attested from 1904.
  • As in combust : verb burn
  • As in ignite : verb set on fire
Example sentences :
  • If your own clothing should catch fire do not run for help as this will fan the flames.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • Care must be taken that the turpentine shall not catch fire.
  • Extract from : « Mission Furniture » by H. H. Windsor
  • The canvas was liable to catch fire on the smallest provocation.
  • Extract from : « A Padre in France » by George A. Birmingham
  • Green and wet as these are, they at once catch fire and flame up like kindling-wood.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Fire » by Mayne Reid
  • If they hit the machine it is bound to catch fire and then the jig is up.
  • Extract from : « Outwitting the Hun » by Pat O'Brien
  • As the door closed on them Miss Fountain's face seemed to catch fire.
  • Extract from : « Love Me Little, Love Me Long » by Charles Reade
  • This is like tinder and is liable to catch fire from burning particles of powder.
  • Extract from : « Automatic Pistol Shooting » by Walter Winans
  • The coal will catch fire and burn after the waste has been consumed.
  • Extract from : « Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting » by Harold P. Manly
  • One by one, as they took their orders, the signallers seemed to catch fire.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of the Shroud » by Bram Stoker
  • As he touched it, it caught fire; indeed, by touching it he caused it to catch fire.
  • Extract from : « Beatrice » by H. Rider Haggard

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