What does firing mean?
Definitions for firing
ˈfaɪər ɪŋfir·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
fire, firingnoun
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
"hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
discharge, firing, firing offnoun
the act of discharging a gun
ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammationnoun
the act of setting something on fire
dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sackingnoun
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Wiktionary
firingnoun
The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
firingnoun
The fuel for a fire.
firingnoun
The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
firingnoun
The dismissal of someone from a job.
Webster Dictionary
Firingnoun
the act of disharging firearms
Firingnoun
the mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it
Firingnoun
the application of fire, or of a cautery
Firingnoun
the process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln
Firingnoun
fuel; firewood or coal
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
firing
The act of discharging fire-arms.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of firing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of firing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of firing in a Sentence
I'm not firing Sean Spicer, that guy gets great ratings. Everyone tunes in.
We came right to international departures and saw the man randomly shooting. He was just firing at anyone coming in front of him. He was wearing all black. His face was not masked. I was 50 metres away from him, we ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting.
I have to follow certain processes and procedures when it comes to hiring and firing of officers, but what I'll say is that officers should be held to the highest standard, and that there's some behavior that simply can't be tolerated on the police department.
We have pretty good confidence who did this. We were able to capture the truck, it was a modified truck with tubes, rocket tubes on the back, the Iraqi security forces did a good job in helping secure that truck. We have good indications based on forensics where it was fired from, who did the firing and so on and so forth.
Lebanese security officials responded to overwhelmingly peaceful protesters in downtown Beirut by shooting into the air with live rounds, firing rubber bullets, tear gas canisters, and water cannons, and in some cases hurling stones and beating protesters with batons and rifles.
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