Fire and Spare

Fire

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

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

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

Spare verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.

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Fire and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead a verb "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

Just as they're about to fire, Fujiko pretends to panic and shamelessly begs Todd to spare her by cozying up to him... just long enough to steal his gun and single-handedly turn the table on him.

Source: Damsel out of Distress
Curtain Clothing: Since all their spare clothes have been burned in the Blackwood house fire, Merricat resorts to wearing tablecloths.

Source: Literature / We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The first book of A Song of Ice and Fire has this toward the end, with Sansa (unsuccessfully) begging Joffrey to spare her father.

Source: Please Spare Him, My Liege!

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