Unscramble firings

Definition of firing

noun:

• 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". Synonyms: fire.
• the act of discharging a gun. Synonyms: discharge, firing off.
• the act of setting something on fire. Synonyms: ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting.
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart). Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking.

verb:

• start firing a weapon. Synonyms: fire, open fire.
• cause to go off; "fire a gun", "fire a bullet". Synonyms: discharge, fire.
• bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery". Synonyms: fire.
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today", "The company terminated 25% of its workers". Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate. Antonyms: hire.
• go off or discharge; "The gun fired". Synonyms: discharge, fire, go off.
• drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired", "Surrender fires the cold skepticism". Synonyms: fire.
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity", "raise a smile", "evoke sympathy". Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise.
• destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries". Synonyms: burn, burn down, fire.
• provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace". Synonyms: fire, fuel.

Related words

anger, backfire, barrage, battery, blast, bombardment, broadside, bruise, burst, conge, congee, counterfire, cover, cremate, crossfire, deactivation, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, dismiss, draw, drop, excite, fratricide, furlough, fusillade, gun, heat, hurt, ignite, inactivation, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, pop, prick, rekindle, removal, retire, salvo, scorch, shake, shame, shelling, shoot, spite, stimulate, stir, superannuation, torch, untune, upset, volley, wake, whelm, wound.

Words nearby

airing, filing, fixing, tiring, wiring.

Rhymes with

acquiring, aspiring, inspiring, retiring, retiring, tiring, uninspiring, wiring.