spellfire

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noun

The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.

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Meanings

nounspellfire (uncountable)
  1. uncountablefantasyThe exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.

    Just the tiniest speck of spellfire pushed into his palm.

    1995, Lucy Sussex, Judith Raphael Buckrich, She's fantastical, page 191
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    She gains one level of spellfire energy for every spell level absorbed and can store a number of spellfire energy levels equal to her Constitution.

    2001, Sean K. Reynolds, Angel Leigh McCoy, Duane Maxwell, Magic of Faerun

    Jerzy watched the two of them, coming to Agreement over the flickering tendrils of spellfire, and felt something twist in his gut.

    2009, Laura Anne Gilman, Flesh and Fire, page 370

Origin

From spell + fire.

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APA

spellfire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spellfire

MLA

“spellfire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spellfire. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spellfire,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spellfire.

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