fire

verb (SHOOT)

/faɪər/

/faɪr/

Definition

B2 [I or T] to cause a weapon to shoot bullets, arrows, or missiles: He fired his gun into the air. Someone started firing at us. Without warning he started firing into the crowd. I just prayed that he would stop firing. The ambassador denied that any missiles had been fired across the border.Detonation and bombardmentGuns › [T or I] to direct a series of questions or criticisms at someone: The journalists were firing questions at me for two whole hours. "I'd like to ask you some questions about your childhood, if I may." "Fire away!" (= You can start asking them now.)Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputationQuestioning people and asking questions in generalCuriositySuspecting and questioning

(Definition of fire verb (SHOOT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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