Fire and Loose

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Fire

Fire verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.

Usage example: police officers firing rubber bullets

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Loose is a synonym for fire in move topic. In some cases you can use "Loose" instead a verb "Fire", when it comes to topics like let off, detonate or throw a weapon.

Nearby Words: fired, fireball, firing, fireside, fireplace

Loose

Loose verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.

Usage example: the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them

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Fire is a synonym for loose in move topic. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead a verb "Loose".

Nearby Words: loosen, looseness, loosed, loosely

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ability	fire ability	loose ability
shot	fire shot	loose shot
round	fire round	loose round
wave	fire wave	loose wave
Other words: barrage, arrow, gun, times, lightning, arrows.

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Averted in Warhammer: Dark Omen: Regiments move and fight in formation and a tight one defends better against charges while a loose one is better for ranged fire.

Source: Call That a Formation?
Aerial units are easy to loose and many other units like sappers or fire elementals suffer from Crippling Overspecialization or are just not that powerful.

Source: Video Game / Kingdom Under Fire The Crusaders
When these miss, Benny counterattacks by opening his trenchcoat and letting loose with hands-free machine gun fire.

Source: Torpedo Tits

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