firing

Plural: firings

Noun

• The process of baking ceramic products or bricks in a kiln.
• the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
• the act of discharging a gun
• the act of setting something on fire
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.
• The fuel for a fire.
• The act of adding fuel to a fire.
• The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
• The dismissal of someone from a job due to poor work performance.
• Cauterization.

Verb

• start firing a weapon
• cause to go off
• bake in a kiln so as to harden
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• go off or discharge
• drive out or away by or as if by fire
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• destroy by fire
• provide with fuel
• present participle and gerund of fire

Examples

• After the firing of her strategy, her high score was a perfectly formed ceramic masterpiece.
• After the pots have been glazed, they go back into the kiln for a second firing.

Synonyms

arouse, burn, burn down, can, discharge, dismiss, dismissal, dismission, displace, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, firing off, force out, fuel, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, go off, ignition, inflammation, kindle, kindling, liberation, lighting, open fire, provoke, raise, release, sack, sacking, send away, terminate

Antonyms

hire