# What is the opposite of fire??? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313 "2013-04-10T11:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![regor62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@regor62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regor62)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/1 "2013-04-10T11:43:50Z")
Think hard and please give consideration to the question of what is the opposite of fire, And please think harder than the normal answer of ice. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/2 "2013-04-10T11:45:01Z")
Why does there have to be an opposite? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/3 "2013-04-10T11:47:19Z")
Originally the opposite of Fire was Air, but ever since the Second Edition, I think, it’s been Water. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/4 "2013-04-10T11:49:46Z")
Anti-fire! The opposite would be the reaction going the other way, CO2 + energy -\> C + O2. I don’t know if there’s a pithy name for that, since it’s not the typical reaction direction. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/5 "2013-04-10T11:52:14Z")
Darkflame. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/6 "2013-04-10T11:56:29Z")
Probably photosynthisis might be one example. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/7 "2013-04-10T12:06:42Z")
Misfire? Hold Your Fire? or… Hire? ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/8 "2013-04-10T12:11:22Z")
Reported for forum change, as there is no factual answer to this question. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/9 "2013-04-10T12:19:12Z")
Theater. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/10 "2013-04-10T12:19:35Z")
“Hold your fire!” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/11 "2013-04-10T12:28:54Z")
Worded a bit like a homework question, eh? ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/12 "2013-04-10T12:30:33Z")
Phlogiston? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/13 "2013-04-10T12:31:11Z")
Potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/14 "2013-04-10T12:45:11Z")
Hire ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/15 "2013-04-10T12:53:10Z")
The answer is obviously" sver" ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/16 "2013-04-10T12:58:39Z")
Entropy ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/17 "2013-04-10T13:06:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Darkflame. Flame of Udûn! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/18 "2013-04-10T13:11:05Z")
hire ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/19 "2013-04-10T13:15:52Z")
> [@JerrySTL](#): > > Theater. 🙂 I thought that the thread would be on this. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-fire/655313/20 "2013-04-10T13:16:58Z")
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