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:

    ““Heap coals of fire on the head of your enemy” Mthis most uncharitable advice is found in a book [the Bible], of which charity is reckoned the standard principle.”
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “The true preacher can be known by this, that he deals out to the people his life,—life passed through the fire of thought.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “I thought I alone suffered,
    but suffering is everywhere.
    When I went on the housetop
    I saw its fire in every home.”
    —Farid (13th cent.)