fire

How to sign: destroy by fire
"They burned the house and his diaries";

Similiar / Same: burn, burn down

Categories: destroy, ruin

Within this category: backfire, cremate, scorch, torch

fire

How to sign: 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";

Similiar / Same: firing

Categories: attack, onrush, onset, onslaught

Within this category: antiaircraft fire, artillery fire, barrage, broadside, call fire, concentrated fire, counterfire, counterpreparation fire, cover, crossfire, destruction fire, direct fire, distributed fire, friendly fire, fusillade, grazing fire, harassing fire, hostile fire, indirect fire, interdiction fire, neutralization fire, observed fire, preparation fire, radar fire, registration fire, scheduled fire, searching fire, supporting fire, suppressive fire, unobserved fire