red fire

noun

1. any of various combustible preparations, as one containing strontium nitrate, that burn with a vivid red light: used chiefly in pyrotechnic displays and in signaling.

red fire

noun

1. any combustible material that burns with a bright red flame: used in flares and fireworks. The colour is usually produced by strontium salts

Word History and Origins

Origin of red fire¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

“It was like the sun, lit up and made of red fire,” Taylor would remember.

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That's a new song and a very nice one, thought Marmaduke, as he watched the Toyman whittling away by the red fire.

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Away off the bed, over the bright rag carpet, and past the red fire, safely and swiftly they trotted.

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Thousands of feet below, like little pinpricks of red fire, they saw the lights of Monte Carlo.

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Through the shadows the little red fire seemed to be as desolate as the family.

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In the ruined caldron where red fire and black smoke wildly mingled, blue water lies in repose.

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