Fire and Need

Fire

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

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Need and fire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a verb "Fire".

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

Need verb - To have as a requirement.

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Fire and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead a verb "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

high	high fire	high need
original	original fire	original need
true	true fire	true need
powerful	powerful fire	powerful need
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, large, big, huge, little, inner, new, magical.

ability	fire ability	need ability
energy	fire energy	need energy
people	fire people	need people
someone	fire someone	need someone
Other words: amount, number, time, way, water, gun, ammo.

In Tegami Bachi, Letter Bees who fire their "Heart Guns"- guns that fire bullets from their "hearts" become fatigued over time, and need rest and food.

Source: Heroic R.R.O.D.
For similar reasons, engines only need to fire when changing speed or direction, not fire continuously to maintain a fixed speed.

Source: Artistic License Physics
In 3.5 it's explicitly stated that while you do need to follow conservation of energy, you can pull any extra heat you need, for example, from the elemental plane of fire.

Source: No Conservation of Energy

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