firebreath en · NOUN
Etymology
From fire + breath.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Fire shot from the mouth or nostrils.
[H]e could soon overcome this single Carpathian dragon. A youngster he thought to himself – inexperienced. […] Wait though! Firebreath – the Carpathian could still breathe fire, young or not. No matter. He would send others in to draw the fire. Any dragon’s firebreath was limited – he would find an opportunity.
1989, Ben Maile, chapter 7, in The Land of Tomorrow, Lewes, Sussex: The Book Guild Ltd., →ISBN, chapter 2, page 61:Erick ducked as a drakerider zoomed narrowly overhead, its firebreath incinerating the very air inches above him.
2006, Blake Garrett Anderson, “Shattered Ice”, in The Dragonheroes (The Birth of Terralax; 1), [Bradenton, Fla.]: Booklocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 197:“I am ready in case we get two misses. That brings Inry’aat my way until you can get the dragon back into the position you need.” […] “What about the ranges? Have you studied them?” / “Oh, yes. I know exactly where to stand, and the length of its firebreath.”
2004, Conor Kostick, “Nobody Kills Dragons”, in Epic, New York, N.Y.: Firebird, published 2008, →ISBN, page 117: