firing
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- To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
Example: "If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack."
- To drive away by setting a fire.
- To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
- To shoot (a gun or analogous device).
Example: "He fired his radar gun at passing cars."
- To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
Synonyms: "open fire", shoot
Example: "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
- To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- To cause an action potential in a cell.
Example: "When a neuron fires, it transmits information."
- To forcibly direct (something).
Example: "He answered the questions the reporters fired at him."
- (computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
Example: "The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading."
- To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
Example: "to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge"
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
Example: "to fire the genius of a young man"
- To feed or serve the fire of.
Example: "to fire a boiler"
- To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- To cauterize.
- To catch fire; to be kindled.
- To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
- The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
Example: "After the pots have been glazed, they go back into the kiln for a second firing."
- 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.
- Cauterization.
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