Fire and Subdue

Fire

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

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

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

Subdue

Subdue verb - To achieve a victory over.

Fire and subdue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead a verb "Subdue".

Nearby Words: subdual, subduing

Common collocations

person fire person subdue person
people fire people subdue people
someone fire someone subdue someone
way fire way subdue way
Other words: anyone.

Both words in one sentence

  • While the mountain spirit is implied to be fond of Clan Byakko, who treat it with respect, it would take more than forty fire sages to forcibly subdue it... until they slipped, and they didn't just have a supervolcano eruption on their hands, but an angry supervolcano.
  • Nite-Owl and Silk Spectre take advantage of one of these to temporarily subdue a fire in Watchmen.
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