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prefire

prefire adjective: before the occurrence of a fire. Also the alternative form of pre-fire.

Adjective

prefire (not comparable)

  1. Before the occurrence of a fire.
    • Francis Brannigan's great interest in prefire planning was forced by necessity. All of a sudden, as a naval officer, he had responsibilities for lives and property for which he was totally unprepared.2007, Francis L. Brannigan, Glenn P. Corbett, Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service, page 6

Also used as

prefire is also the alternative form of pre-fire.

Forms of prefire

third-person singular presentprefires
present participleprefiring
past participleprefired
pastprefired

Origin of prefire

From pre- + fire.

Words that rhyme with prefire

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about prefire

What does prefire mean?
Prefire means before the occurrence of a fire.
What part of speech is prefire?
Prefire is an adjective.

Words near prefire in the dictionary

  1. prefinishes
  2. prefinishing
  3. prefinite
  4. prefinition
  5. prefinitions
  6. prefire
  7. prefired
  8. prefires
  9. prefiring
  10. prefit
  11. prefits

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