Clear
Clear verb - To rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way.
Fire
Fire verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Armored infantry also had jetpacks, a similar attack and a higher survival rate, but both were nearly useless in any area with clear fields of fire.
Source: Jet Pack -
When it becomes clear that a single knife is insufficient to carry out her Roaring Rampage of Revenge, she figures fire will work better.
Source: Kill It with Fire -
Crazy Enough to Work: Averted often; many of the plans he comes up with backfire quite a lot (such as the time he tried to fire a homing pigeon in midair, only for it to blow him up, or when he tried to use a Chargin' Chuck as a springboard to help clear a gap, only to fail over and over again).
Source: Lets Play / ProtonJon
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Fire and Clear. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clear/fire
Clear & Fire. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clear/fire>.
Fire or Clear. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clear/fire.
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