Alternative form of firestorm

(obsolete, chemistry) oxygen

(firearms) To discharge a weapon without ammunition in the chamber. / (archery) To draw and release a bow without an arrow loaded.

(military technology) A kind of missile guidance system which does not require further control after launch, and can hit its target without the launcher being in line of sight of the target.

A small, controlled fire set in the path of a larger uncontrolled fire, in order to limit the spread of the large fire by removing its fuel.

(historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.

(US) A public official with police powers responsible for enforcing fire safety regulations, and sometimes, who also investigates suspicious fires.

An uncovered fire.

(idiomatic) To begin firing (weapons) at something or someone.

(chiefly US, informal) Extreme, excessive.