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According to WordNet, the noun "fire" has 9 sense(s).
100986938 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".
106711159 intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak".
113480848 the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries".