fire-breathing

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Etymology

fire +‎ breathing

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Adjective

fire-breathing (not comparable)

  1. (of a fabled animal, such as a dragon) That shoots fire from the mouth or nostrils
  2. (idiomatic) caustic, vitriolic or scathing

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