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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intentional burning |
| Synonyms: | firing, incendiarism, pyromania, setting fire, torching, touching off |
| Main Entry: | exhilaration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great happiness, excitement |
| Synonyms: | a rush, animation, cheerfulness, delight, elation, electrification, elevation, enlivenment, euphoria, exaltation, excitation, firing, gaiety, galvanization, gladness, gleefulness, head rush, high spirits, hilarity, inspiration, invigoration, joy, joyfulness, liveliness, mirth, quickening, sprightliness, stimulation, uplift, vitalization, vivacity, vivification |
| Antonyms: | agitation, depression, discouragement, unhappiness, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | explosion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eruption, discharge |
| Synonyms: | access, backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, firing, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo |
| Antonyms: | implosion |
| Main Entry: | fling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | casual throw |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, firing, heave, hurl, launching, lob, peg, pitch, shot, slinging, toss |
| Main Entry: | pottery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | containers made from clay; clay art |
| Synonyms: | ceramics, crockery, earthenware, firing, glazing, porcelain, porcelainware, stoneware, terra cotta |
| Main Entry: | volley |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrage |
| Synonyms: | battery, bombardment, burst, cannonade, crossfire, enfilade, firing, fussilade, gunfire, hail, round, salvo, shelling, shower, storm |
| Main Entry: | gunfire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shot |
| Synonyms: | artillery, barrage, blast, bombardment, burst, cannonading, crackle, detonation, discharge, enfilade, firing, salvo, shooting, shots, thunder, volley |
| Main Entry: | shooting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | firing a weapon |
| Synonyms: | blasting, discharging, firing, gunfire, gunning, pulling the trigger |
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