firing

Speech parts

1. firing - Noun

2. firing - Verb

Meaning

The act of disharging firearms.

The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it.

The application of fire, or of a cautery.

The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

Fuel; firewood or coal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lighting discharge dismissal ignition sacking firing off release fire shooting removal burning explosion combustion liberation launching
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Antonyms

assembly rendezvous matriculation selection membership arrival
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Hypernyms

attack shot ending conclusion shooting burning

Hyponyms

broadside cover gun removal battery burst

Phrases with the word

firing up firing the imagination of firing of employees firing of workforce firing ranges firing position

Examples

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. Gabriel García Márquez

One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the mind's eye from observing and noticing things in a normal way. Fritz Kreisler

Firing employees, that's unfortunately a part of doing business. Paul Wolfowitz

I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom. Alan Dershowitz

Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far. Andy Goldsworthy

Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned. Andy Goldsworthy

Close letter words and terms

firgun Firhill firie firing a single shot firing cap firing chamber