Synonyms for firing
ˈfaɪər ɪŋfir·ing

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1. fire, firingnoun

   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:
   dismissal, fervor, ignition, fervency, lighting, fire, firing off, dismission, inflammation, sack, attack, discharge, release, ardour, sacking, liberation, fervour, flame, fervidness, ardor, kindling, flaming, flak, flack, blast

2. discharge, firing, firing offnoun

   the act of discharging a gun

   Synonyms:
   dismissal, arc, lighting, waiver, firing off, dismission, sack, ignition, discharge, venting, liberation, release, sacking, spark, run, emission, electric arc, expelling, kindling, inflammation, outpouring, fire, electric discharge

3. ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammationnoun

   the act of setting something on fire

   Synonyms:
   dismissal, fervor, light, liberation, tinder, redness, firing off, dismission, touchwood, sack, ignition, discharge, release, excitement, spunk, sacking, excitation, ignition system, lighting, kindling, inflammation, rubor, punk, inflaming, fervour, fire

4. dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sackingnoun

   the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

   Synonyms:
   lighting, paper bag, electric discharge, outpouring, pink slip, liberation, sack, spark, judgement of dismissal, spillage, release, run, freeing, carrier bag, spill, kindling, sacking, electric arc, chemise, fire, emission, sacque, tone ending, poke, hammock, firing off, departure, arc, dismissal, press release, expelling, outlet, expiration, waiver, button, exit, judgment of dismissal, sac, pocket, shift, bagging, loss, inflammation, going, discharge, venting, pouch, handout, vent, dismission, acquittance, ignition, passing, sackful

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1. • Attack
   • Burning

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1. firingnoun

   Synonyms:
   kindling, setting on fire

2. firingnoun

   Synonyms:
   discharge (of guns), firing off

3. firingnoun

   Synonyms:
   fuel, something to burn

4. firingnoun

   Synonyms:
   cautery

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1. List of paraphrases for "firing":

   shooting, fire, gunfire, tir, launch, launching, dismissal, ceasefire, cease-fire, shot, cooking, shootings, detonation

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1. Douglas Barrie:

   They are looking for greater distance and accuracy, they can still miss by hundreds of metres, but that doesn't rule out firing against a city or a very large airfield.

2. Satpal Kaleka:

   I was in the kitchen. We were making roti (unleavened Indian bread). We heard firing outside. I brought both kids in my hand and said let's go in the pantry.

3. Paul Roos:

   We came right to international departures and saw the man randomly shooting. He was just firing at anyone coming in front of him. He was wearing all black. His face was not masked. I was 50 metres away from him, we ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting.

4. Dick Durbin:

   It's no coincidence that the Sessions memo was quietly signed on the same day the President was making major headlines for firing FBI Director Comey because of his investigation of Trump — this policy is unjust and unwise and can't withstand even minimal public scrutiny.

5. Marco Rubio:

   There was a terrorist attack yesterday, in the city of Philadelphia. A terrorist attack, he walks up to the car and starts firing shots. They arrest him, he tells them, he confesses, 'I did it in the name of ISIS,'.