respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses
an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
in the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"
flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"
intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"
a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"