antifire

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adjective

Opposing or countering fire.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveantifire (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOpposing or countering fire.

    But the issue of fire prevention at home remained salient through the end of the war, when the Advertising Council—responsible for Flagg's poster and other antifire propaganda of the war years—created the image of Smokey Bear[…]

    1996, Frieda Knobloch, The culture of wilderness, page 42

Origin

Translations

Portuguese antifogo, anti-incêndio
  • antifogoopposing or countering fire
  • anti-incêndioopposing or countering fire
Cite this entry
APA

antifire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifire

MLA

“antifire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifire. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antifire,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifire.

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