the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target |
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning | an attack by dropping bombs |
intense adverse criticism | the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) |
the event of something burning (often destructive) | the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) |
a severe trial | |
feelings of great warmth and intensity | |
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | |
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking | |
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile | |