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antifire

antifire adjective: opposing or countering fire.

Adjective

antifire (not comparable)

  1. Opposing or countering fire.
    • But the issue of fire prevention at home remained salient through the end of the war, when the Advertising Council—responsible for Flagg's poster and other antifire propaganda of the war years—created the image of Smokey Bear[…]1996, Frieda Knobloch, The culture of wilderness, page 42

Origin of antifire

From anti- + fire.

Questions about antifire

What does antifire mean?
Antifire means opposing or countering fire.
What part of speech is antifire?
Antifire is an adjective.

Words near antifire in the dictionary

  1. antifilibuster
  2. antifilm
  3. antifilms
  4. antifiloviral
  5. antifinance
  6. antifire
  7. antifirearm
  8. antifirearms
  9. antifish
  10. antifishing
  11. antiflag

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