Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Insulation (Fire extinction)

Nouns
  • insulation, incombustible material, noncombustible material
  • fire retardant, flame retardant
  • fire wall, fire door. incombustibility
  • fire annihilator
  • amianth, amianthus
  • earth-flax, mountain-flax
  • asbestos
  • fireman, fire fighter, fire eater, fire department, fire brigade, engine company
  • pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial ladder, bucket
  • fire hose, fire hydrant. [forest fires] backfire, firebreak, trench
  • aerial water bombardment. wet blanket
  • fire extinguisher, soda and acid extinguisher, dry chemical extinguisher, CO-two extinguisher, carbon tetrachloride, foam
  • sprinklers, automatic sprinkler system
  • fire bucket, sand bucket. [warning of fire] fire alarm, evacuation alarm, [laws to prevent fire] fire code, fire regulations, fire
  • fire inspector
  • code violation, citation.
Verbs
  • go out, die out, burn out
  • fizzle. extinguish
  • damp, slack, quench, smother
  • put out, stamp out
  • douse, snuff, snuff out, blow out. fireproof, flameproof.
Adjectives
  • incombustible
  • nonflammable, uninflammable, unflammable
  • fireproof.
Phrases
  • fight fire with fire