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gunfight collapse: a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

firepower collapse: (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target

gunfire collapse: the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

musketry collapse: the technique of using small arms (especially in battle); musketeers and their muskets collectively

ignite collapse: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"

ignition collapse: the act of setting something on fire; the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine; the process of initiating combustion or catching fire

combustion collapse: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light; a state of violent disturbance and excitement; "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable"

perpendicular collapse: an extremely steep face; a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting; a straight line at right angles to another line; extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"; intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"

shooting collapse: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"; killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"

asbestos collapse: a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer

snipe collapse: a gunshot from a concealed location; Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks; hunt or shoot snipe

rekindle collapse: arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"; kindle anew, as of a fire

backfire collapse: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker; a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path; a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine; set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire; emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"; come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

strafe collapse: an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"; attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"

fire extinguisher collapse: a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

fireman collapse: play in which children pretend to put out a fire; a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

vertical collapse: something that is oriented vertically; of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility"; at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"; relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution

bombard collapse: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"; throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"

carbon tetrachloride collapse: a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined

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