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Fired

adjective

Having lost your job. Synonyms: discharged, dismissed, laid-off, pink-slipped.

Fire

verb

(past & past part. fired; pres. part. fring)

Start firing a weapon. Synonym: open fire.

Cause to go off. Synonym: discharge. "Fire a bullet"

Bake in a kiln so as to harden.

Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate. "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

Go off or discharge. Synonyms: discharge, go off.

Drive out or away by or as if by fire. "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise. "Raise a smile" , "Evoke sympathy"

Destroy by fire. Synonyms: burn, burn down.

Provide with fuel. Synonym: fuel.

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... subjected to some such ordeal—and there might be a good deal in it if it were only properly conducted—they would find themselves fit to grapple with more vital matters than political pyrotechnics, which are only fired off to suit popular clamour; and, were they better acquainted with history, especially that of their own country—as they would be, if forced to "cram" like the commissioners' candidates—they would hesitate before sacrificing the old renown of England, and the interests which she has consolidated ...

— She and I, Volume 2 - A Love Story. A Life History. • John Conroy Hutcheson

... ashamed of ourselves; they daunted and challenged and attacked. But the enemy was too strong for them. A fusillade drove them off, and once again we were free to consider the case of the duck, who was still swimming anxiously about, hoping against hope. More shots were fired, one of the boys waded in with a stick, and the dogs were added to the assault; and in the face of so determined a bombardment the poor little creature at last flew up, to be struck down within a few ...

— Roving East and Roving West • E.V. Lucas

... before him, straight and slim and with that air of aloofness which so fired Ramon's desire for her. She lifted a hand to check him, and Ramon stopped instantly and waited. So far had her ...

— The Heritage of the Sioux • B.M. Bower

... young lives. At last they saw a gray paper-like structure of large size on the limb of an oak pretty high up. "I'll bet you can't hit that, Wilks," said the lawyer. "I shall try," replied the dominie. They fired simultaneously and both struck the grey mass, and then the warriors ran, ran as they had hardly done since they were boys, for a hundred wasps were after them, eager to take vengeance on the piercers of their communal home. After two hundred yards had been done in ...

— Two Knapsacks - A Novel of Canadian Summer Life • John Campbell

... from Yellow Pine. The shadow of the mighty maple near him grew shorter until it had little more left to lose and could almost announce the arrival of midday. Just then there arose, at the edge of the woods, a long, ear-piercing howl, followed by such a volley of yelps and barking as can only be fired off by a very remarkable dog. One-eye was informing the camp that something great was drawing near, and was doing his best to make up for the ...

— Two Arrows - A Story of Red and White • William O. Stoddard

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