Fire and Push

Fire

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

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Push and fire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Push" instead the word "Fire" as a verb or a noun.

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

Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.

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Fire and push are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead the word "Push" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher

original	original fire	original push
light	light fire	light push
heavy	heavy fire	heavy push
small	small fire	small push
Other adjectives: powerful, actual, real, constant, massive, large, big, huge, little, major, final, accidental, random, literal, sustained.

Strangely, the Pyro's regular flamethrower alternate fire, the airblast, can reflect projectiles (including arrows!) but does not push the player around, only enemies.

Source: Recoil Boost
Raiden's ability to pneumatically push out knives jammed into his body is used to fire them into Vamp at a critical moment in their fight.

Source: Video Game / Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
The Inferno match involves a ring of fire, with the object being to push your opponent into source till he (or his clothing) catches.

Source: Ring of Fire

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