refire

American  

[ree-fahy-er] / ˌriˈfaɪ ər /

verb (used with object)

refired, refiring

1. to fire again.

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Anytime you have to replate and refire, it complicates things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

But the one song Pippa needs to refire Jane’s career remains elusive, and now Jonesy, the Mark Ronson-meets-Dr.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

I’m delighted that he messes with narrative: By all means, mash fiction into sludge and refire it into something new.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

When the hot start cable is pulled, a plunger is pulled out of the hole, and fresh, cool air is allowed to enter, thus allowing the engine to refire with ease when hot.

From Time Magazine Archive

The concern here is with preventing the Soviets from having hidden caches of "refire" missiles.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, I found myself humming along the interstate at 80 mph, anticipating, even dreading the moment the gas engine refired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

When she recovered her porcelain figures from her Altadena home, with bits of her studio forever glued to their surface, she wondered what would happen if she refired them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Earlier this year, the company attempted suborbital hops, where the spacecraft launched to an altitude of about 6 miles, belly flopped back to Earth horizontally, then righted itself and refired its engines before touching down.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2021

In the extreme heat, the paper disappeared, leaving only the imprint of the image, which was then painted over in bold colors by artisans and refired.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2021

"I can not take thee back, Flaccus; love's ashes can not be refired though the breath of Eros himself blew upon them."

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller

While Johnson finished 28th in his first 500, at age 46, Kanaan revved up the crowd by qualifying sixth, finishing third and refiring his hopes of coming back once more in 2023.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023

This week, its workers were back at the controls, transporting coal from storage heaps and refiring furnaces, as part of emergency efforts to keep the heat and electricity on this winter.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

In 1975, a commission of seven experts was empaneled to review the ballistics, including refiring Sirhan’s gun.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2018

Soldiers signaled the Electra crew to hurry out of the plane; but Buchanan and Yandell stalled, throwing switches and circuit breakers wildly, making sure the Cubans would have a rough time refiring the engines.

From Time Magazine Archive

This refiring is the only additional process of manufacture for our market.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

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