refires

Lights up anew

Refires is the plural of refire or the third-person singular verb form.

To refire is to fire again—a kiln refires pottery for additional glazing, a restaurant kitchen refires a dish that came back to the pass.

In computing and programming, events or triggers refire when they activate again: The script refires every thirty seconds.

Someone who returns from retirement refires their career.

revival

rekindle

Renew something dormant

reawaken · resurgence · comeback · renewal · rejuvenation · renaissance · regeneration · rebirth · restoration · reinvigorate

ceramics

kiln

Oven for hardening clay

stoneware · porcelain · cone · oxidation · reduction · earthenware · raku · vitrification · clay · underglaze

weapons

discharge

Release of substance outward

retrigger · volley · burst · salvo · round · ammunition · recoil · semi-automatic · double-tap

Opposites
repetition/sequence

refiresbegins

Starts to happen

initiates

ignition state

refiresextinguishes

Causes to stop burning

douses · quenches · smothers · puts out · shuts down

continuation vs. cessation

refiresstops

Ceases to continue

halts · ceases · quits · discontinues · abandons

Family

refire, refired, refiring

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