Fire
Fire verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
Prime
Prime verb - Cover with a primer; apply a primer to.
How words are described
| full | full fire | full prime |
| typical | typical fire | typical prime |
| original | original fire | original prime |
| light | light fire | light prime |
| Other adjectives: powerful, real, novel, major, double. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Of course right after that, one of the Terran ships opens fire on the others, as it's actually a Federation starship from the prime universe commanded by the fic's usual viewpoint character.
Source: It Has Been an Honor -
A prime example is the shotgun: in the original game, the secondary fire of the shotgun would cause it fire both barrels at once, at the cost of accuracy and pump time.
Source: Video Game / Black Mesa - A prime example is Zixuan's setting a monastery on fire as a distraction when her lover is arrested.
Source: More Deadly Than the Male
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Prime and Fire. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fire/prime
Fire & Prime. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fire/prime>.
Prime or Fire. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fire/prime.
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