Verb (5-dan, つ, transitive)
1.  to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.);  to shoot;  to hit (e.g. baseball);  to break wind
2.  to set free;  to release;  to let loose
3.  to emit (e.g. light);  to give off (e.g. a scent)
4.  to send out (a person to carry out a duty)
5.  to set fire to
in the form 火を放つ