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  • 91engine — noun 1 part of a vehicle that produces power ADJECTIVE ▪ big, powerful ▪ small ▪ twin engines ▪ a large plane with twin engines …

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  • 92fire — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 destructive flames ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge ▪ fierce, raging ▪ serious ▪ catastrophic, devasta …

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  • 93fire — I [[t]fa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM ♦♦ fires, firing, fired (Please look at category 18 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N UNCOUNT Fire is the hot, bright flames produced by things… …

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  • 94fire — 1 noun 1 BURNING (U) the flames, light and heat produced when something burns: The warehouse was completely destroyed by fire. | be on fire (=be burning): The house is on fire! | catch fire/catch on fire (=start to burn): Mary knocked the candle… …

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  • 95fire — n. & v. n. 1 a the state or process of combustion, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and usu. give out bright light and heat. b the active principle operative in this. c flame or incandescence. 2 a conflagration, a… …

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  • 96Engine House No. 11 (Detroit, Michigan) — Infobox nrhp | name =Engine House No. 11 nrhp type = caption = location= Detroit, Michigan lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 21 lat seconds = 16 lat direction = N long degrees = 83 long minutes = 1 long seconds = 53 long direction = W locmapin =… …

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  • 97fire — /ˈfaɪə / (say fuyuh) noun 1. the active principle of burning or combustion, manifested by the evolution of light and heat. 2. a burning mass of material, as on a hearth or in a furnace. 3. the destructive burning of a building, town, forest,… …

  • 98Fire Sermon — The Ādittapariyāya Sutta (Pali, Fire Sermon Discourse ) or, more simply, Āditta Sutta is a discourse from the Pali Canon, popularly known as the Fire Sermon. [For instance, while the Sinhala SLTP edition refers to this discourse as the… …

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  • 99fire — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳr; akin to Old High German fiur fire, Greek pyr Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat (2) one of the… …

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  • 100Fire Station No. 19 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) — Infobox nrhp | name =Fire Station No. 19 nrhp type = caption = location= Minneapolis, Minnesota lat degrees = 44 lat minutes = 58 lat seconds = 35 lat direction = N long degrees = 93 long minutes = 13 long seconds = 35 long direction = W locmapin …

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