firing
noun
[ ˈfʌɪərɪŋ ]
• the action of setting fire to something.
• "the deliberate firing of 600 oil wells"
• the discharging of a gun or other weapon.
• "the prolonged firing caused heavy losses"
• the baking or drying of pottery or bricks in a kiln.
• "the colours had suffered in the firing and were dull from overheating"
• the dismissal of an employee from a job.
• "the recent firing of the head of the department"
fire
verb
• discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile).
• "he fired a shot at the retreating prisoners"
Similar:
launch,
shoot,
discharge,
eject,
hurl,
throw,
send flying,
let fly with,
loose off,
shy,
send,
pop,
let off,
trigger,
set off,
blast,
• dismiss (an employee) from a job.
• "I had to fire men who've been with me for years"
Similar:
dismiss,
discharge,
give someone their notice,
lay off,
let go,
throw out,
get rid of,
oust,
depose,
make redundant,
cashier,
sack,
give the sack to,
axe,
kick out,
boot out,
give someone the boot,
give someone the bullet,
give someone the push,
show someone the door,
give someone their cards,
give someone the elbow,
• supply (a furnace, engine, etc.) with fuel.
• "liquefied petroleum gas can fire room heaters"
• stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion).
• "India fired my imagination"
Similar:
stimulate,
stir up,
excite,
enliven,
awaken,
arouse,
rouse,
draw/call forth,
bring out,
engender,
evoke,
inflame,
put/breathe life into,
animate,
inspire,
motivate,
quicken,
incite,
drive,
impel,
spur on,
galvanize,
electrify,
trigger,
impassion,
• bake or dry (pottery, bricks, etc.) in a kiln.
• "methane gas is being used to fire bricks at a nearby factory"
Origin:
Old English fȳr (noun), fȳrian ‘supply with material for a fire’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vuur and German Feuer .
