Fire and Lighten

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Fire

Fire verb - To set (something) on fire.
Usage example: lit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs
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Lighten and fire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lighten" instead a verb "Fire".
Nearby Words: fired, fireball, firing, fireside, fireplace

Lighten

Lighten verb - To supply with light.
Usage example: the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun
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Fire and lighten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead a verb "Lighten".
Nearby Words: light, lightly, lightness, lighter, lightening

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people fire people lighten people
shell fire shell lighten shell
ship fire ship lighten ship

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  • Magnetic Weapons The projectile weapons in Mass Effect are essentially small-scale railguns which use the titular effect to lighten the projectiles they fire.
    Source: Magnetic Weapons
  • What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs? Afterwards, they give Baldur a Viking Funeral with all his possessions (including his still living horse) and to lighten the mood, Thor kicks a random passerby dwarf (who was given a name for no clear reason; Litr) into the fire.
    Source: What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?
  • Emergency Cargo Dump Airplanes that have to make an emergency landing often dump fuel to lighten the load (the weight differential between full and empty tanks is a factor in landing) and/or reduce risk of fire.
    Source: Emergency Cargo Dump
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