Fire

Fire

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition.

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Famous quotes containing the word fire:

    “a man sleeps where fire leapt down and she learns through his arm
    That other sun, the jealous coursing of the unrivalled blood.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “The tender skin does not shrink from bayonets, the timid woman is not scared by fagots; the rack is not frightful, nor the rope ignominious. The poor Puritan, Antony Parsons, at the stake, tied straw on his head when the fire approached him, and said, “This is God’s hat.””
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)