Fire
Fire verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
Hit
Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Nearby Word: hitting
How words are described
| high | high fire | high hit |
| normal | normal fire | normal hit |
| regular | regular fire | regular hit |
| original | original fire | original hit |
| Other adjectives: heavy, small, powerful, actual, real, massive, big, huge, weak, black, new, major, automatic, final, accidental, double. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Screwing up the anti-fire door shuffle, and watching your oxygen, door control and/or medbay get burnt by the fire or hit by enemy weapons.
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He was so thoroughly chivalrous that he refused to hit or fire upon a female (Blackarachnia) even if his own life, or the lives of his comrades, depended on it.
Source: Wide-Eyed Idealist -
A very hard to get upgrade of Cloaking in Sword of the Stars, for thirty seconds ships with the module cannot be hit or fire on enemies, but they are visible.
Cite this Source
Hit and Fire. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fire/hit
Fire & Hit. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fire/hit>.
Hit or Fire. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fire/hit.
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