(v. t.) To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.

backlash backlashing balefire bang beacon beacon fire blast blaze blow out blow up blowout blowup bonfire boom boomerang bounce bounce back bound bound back burning ghat burst bust campfire cannon cannon off carom cheerful fire combustion come to grief comeback conflagration contrecoup corposant counterattack counterblast counterblow counterfire counterinsurgency countermeasure counterrevolution counterstep counterstroke cozy fire crackling fire crematory death fire defense detonate detonation discharge explode explosion fall through fen fire fire fizzle flame flare flash flashing point flicker flickering flame fly back forest fire fox fire fulguration fulminate fulmination funeral pyre go off have repercussions ignis fatuus ignition ingle kick kick back kickback lambent flame lash back lay an egg let off marshfire miscarry miss open fire prairie fire pyre raging fire rebound rebuff recalcitrate recalcitration recoil repercuss repercussion report repulse resile resilience retort ricochet sea of flames set off sheet of fire shoot signal beacon smudge fire snap back spring spring back three-alarm fire touch off two-alarm fire watch fire wildfire witch fire