dragonfire

noun

dragonfire

noun

Etymology From dragon + fire.

1

Fire produced by a dragon.

  • “Spurs!” Imbri sent in a dream like a blast of dragonfire. “Hotter than the breath of Baal, your thought! But I don’t use the spurs, once my steed is tame,” he argued.1982, Piers Anthony, Night Mare, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books, page 100:
  • With a roar of dragonfire something enormous blazed by overhead, as if the Moon itself were dropping onto us.1982, Mike Scott Rohan, Run to the Stars, Arrow Books, →ISBN, page 14:
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  • At the same time, it made me desperate to get to Ember. To get us all out of here and find someplace safe before the world exploded in a hellstorm of dragonfire.2017, Julie Kagawa, Legion, HQ, →ISBN, page 210:
Related terms
dragonbreath, dragonflame

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