Transitive Verbs That End in IRE

Explore 54 verified English transitive verbs ending with the suffix -IRE, including Fire, Require, Hire, Desire, Wire, Tire and Acquire. Useful for clear sentence construction and active voice writing and rhyming patterns, browse these action words that take a direct object below or study direct object patterns and examples in our verb grammar guide.

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Starts with A4 words
acquire
admire
attire
acquihire
Starts with B
2 words
backfire
bemire
Starts with C6 words
conspire
counterfire
crosswire
cofire
coinspire
coadmire
Starts with D3 words
desire
denshire
disattire
Starts with E4 words
expire
esquire
enfire
exquire
Starts with F
1 words
fire
Starts with H3 words
hire
hotwire
hardwire
Starts with I3 words
inspire
inquire
ire
Starts with M
1 words
mire
Starts with O3 words
overtire
outfire
outhire
Starts with P3 words
prefire
prewire
prerequire
Starts with R10 words
require
retire
rewire
rehire
respire
reacquire
reinspire
refire
rampire
retrofire
Starts with S3 words
sire
squire
suspire
Starts with T
2 words
tire
transpire
Starts with U4 words
umpire
unretire
unwire
underfire
Starts with V
1 words
verquire
Starts with W
1 words
wire

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