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Meaning of firing

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  firing
      n 1: 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" [syn:
           {fire}, {firing}]
      2: the act of discharging a gun [syn: {discharge}, {firing},
         {firing off}]
      3: the act of setting something on fire [syn: {ignition},
         {firing}, {lighting}, {kindling}, {inflammation}]
      4: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to
         depart) [syn: {dismissal}, {dismission}, {discharge},
         {firing}, {liberation}, {release}, {sack}, {sacking}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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