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outfire

noun, verb — 2 senses

outfire

noun

Etymology From out- + fire.

1

A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.

  • Are you going to any outfires this year? Yes, Barcombe and Glynde I think.

outfire

verb

Etymology From out- + fire.

1

To fire farther or better than.

  • Outfiring the newest Nazi weapon four to one, an automatic, pneumatic gun developed by a Los Angeles inventor pours out 12,000 rounds a minute...1943 April, Popular Mechanics, volume 79, number 4:
  • It had outfired the weapons of their forefathers.1995, Albert Wendt, Nuanua: Pacific writing in English since 1980:

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