Antonyms for open fire
Grammar : Verb |
Definition of open fire
- As in shoot : verb discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill
- As in bombard : verb assault, attack
- The Sibyl only smiled and threw three of the books into the open fire.
- Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
- Why did they open fire again when the Emperor had ordered that it should cease?
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- At this, the psychological moment, the order to open fire was given.
- Extract from : « Submarine Warfare of To-day » by Charles W. Domville-Fife
- So, then, there is a battery preparing to open fire upon us?
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- And if I'm chased I'll plunge for the place you're hidden, and you can open fire.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- The little "Cabot" was the first American ship to open fire on the enemy.
- Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
- By the light of the open fire she could see that he was very pale.
- Extract from : « Robert Hardy's Seven Days » by Charles Monroe Sheldon
- So in walked "an open fire" and a "ray of sunshine," and "took off their things."
- Extract from : « Prudy Keeping House » by Sophie May
- Why is an open fire not the best means of heating and ventilating?
- Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
- The first lieutenant was ordered to open fire with the eighteen-pounder.
- Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
Synonyms for open fire
- assail
- bag
- barrage
- batter
- beset
- besiege
- blast
- blitz
- bomb
- bombard
- bring down
- cannonade
- catapult
- dispatch
- drop the hammer
- emit
- execute
- expel
- explode
- fire
- fire upon
- fling
- gun
- harass
- hit
- hound
- hurl
- ignite
- kill
- launch
- let fly
- let go with
- loose
- murder
- open fire
- open up
- pester
- pick off
- plug
- pop
- pound
- project
- propel
- pull the trigger
- pump
- set off
- shell
- strafe
- strike
- throw lead
- torpedo
- trigger
- zap
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