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Fire comes in many forms with different applications

Words that come from Latin and Greek elements meaning fire are in abundance which may be seen by going to this ars-, ard- and clicking on links at the bottoms of the pages.

Fire in its various applications has been with humans for centuries and it is certainly worth one's time to get better acquainted with them.

You can get a better idea about "fire" and other related meanings when you see these additional "fire, burn" elements found in cand-, cend-; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; ether-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; gehenna-; ign-; phleg-; phlog-; pyreto-, -pyrexia; pyr-; spod- (ashes; waste); and volcan- links that are located at the bottoms of each word group.

A fire is something that people try to put out before much damage is done by the fire department.

A fireman is a professional who still makes house calls; a man who doesn't have to be told to go to blazes; and the only civil service employee the taxpayer prefers to see not doing his work during his working hours.

-Evan Esar
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