firing
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(noun) the act of discharging a gun |
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Synonyms: discharge, firing off |
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Related Words: gun, shooting, shot |
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(noun) the act of starting a fire |
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Synonyms: ignition, kindling, lighting |
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Related Words: burning, combustion |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: fire |
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Related Words: antiaircraft fire, artillery fire, attack, barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, broadside, burst, call fire, cannon fire, concentrated fire, counterfire, counterpreparation fire, cover, covering fire, crossfire, destruction fire, direct fire, distributed fire, flak, fusillade, grazing fire, harassing fire, indirect fire, interdiction fire, massed fire, neutralization fire, observed fire, onrush, onset, onslaught, preparation fire, radar fire, registration fire, salvo, scheduled fire, searching fire, shelling, supporting fire, suppressive fire, unobserved fire, volley |
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(noun) the act of terminating someone's employment |
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Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
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Related Words: Section Eight, conclusion, conge, deactivation, dishonorable discharge, ending, inactivation, removal, termination |
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