Term: backfire: a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: chief financial officer: the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: plastron: the front of man's dress shirt
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: grazier: a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: acupuncture: treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: clapperboard: photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: histiocyte: a macrophage that is found in connective tissue
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: aortic orifice: the orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: recording: the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: retailing: the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers
Broader: fire: the event of something burning (often destructive) | Unrelated: evil spirit: a spirit tending to cause harm