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firing

[ fahyuhr-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that fires.
  2. material for a fire; fuel.
  3. the act of baking ceramics or glass.


firing

/ ˈڲɪəɪŋ /

noun

  1. the process of baking ceramics, etc, in a kiln or furnace

    a second firing

  2. the act of stoking a fire or furnace
  3. a discharge of a firearm
  4. something used as fuel, such as coal or wood
  5. a scorching of plants, as a result of disease, drought, or heat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ·ھiԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of firing1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; fire, -ing 1
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President Donald Trump has plenty of advisers willing to face the Sunday press show firing squads over his disastrous economic performance.

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The influenza division at the CDC lots staff to probationary firings as well as on Valentine's Day when further staff were fired en masse.

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Over Easter the UK government passed an emergency law to keep Scunthorpe's blast furnaces firing because the plant was threatened with closure.

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Perhaps nothing captures Trump’s authoritarian agenda better than ICE’s illegal kidnapping and disappearing of hundreds of people or DOGE’s firings or dismissals of some 250,000 federal workers – all without any due process of law.

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The president and his appointees have attacked these people by firing them, stripping them of Secret Service protection and security clearances, ordering federal investigations against them and even threatening criminal prosecution.

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