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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regression | Send; send off, let off, fire off; discharge, shoot; launch, release, send forth, let fly; put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | When you deem the affair at a point, and when it is time to stop it, you will fire off a pistol. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "FIRE OFF": fire off a distress signal ♦ fire off a remark. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "FIRE OFF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | afvuur (discharge, fire), afskiet (discharge, fire, let off, shoot, shoot off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | vypálit (brand, burn down, burn out, cauterize, fire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | affyre (discharge, fire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ontladen (discharge, fire, let off), losbranden (discharge, fire), afvuren (discharge, fire), afschieten (discharge, fire, let off, shoot off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | malŝargi (discharge, fire, let off), ekpafi (discharge, fire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | partir (fire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ôfsjitte (discharge, fire, let off, shoot off), ôffjurje (discharge, fire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | abfeuern (discharge, fire, firing, let off, loose off, pop, shoot off, to fire off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | váratlan kérdést szegez vkinek (to fire off a question at sy), pillanatfelvételt készít vmiről (to fire off at sg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 射掛ける (to shoot or fire off an arrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いかける (to shoot or fire off an arrow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irefay offay trânti o observaţie (fire off a remark). (various references) avlossa (deliver, discharge, fire, pour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-f-f-i-o-r" | |
-2 letters: feoff, fifer, offer. | |
-3 letters: fief, fife, fire, fore, froe, reif, rife, riff. | |
-4 letters: eff, fer, fie, fir, foe, for, fro, iff, ire, off, ore, ref, rei, rif, roe. | |
-5 letters: ef, er, if, oe, of, or, re. | |
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| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Quotations: Fiction 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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