Definition of firing

"firing" in the noun sense

1. fire, firing

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"

2. discharge, firing, firing off

the act of discharging a gun

3. ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation

the act of setting something on fire

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

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

"firing" in the verb sense

1. open fire, fire

start firing a weapon

2. fire, discharge

cause to go off

"fire a gun"

"fire a bullet"

3. fire

bake in a kiln so as to harden

"fire pottery"

4. displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate

terminate the employment of discharge from an office or position

"The boss fired his secretary today"

"The company terminated 25% of its workers"

5. fire, discharge, go off

go off or discharge

"The gun fired"

6. fire

drive out or away by or as if by fire

"The soldiers were fired"

"Surrender fires the cold skepticism"

7. arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke

call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses

"arouse pity"

"raise a smile"

"evoke sympathy"

8. burn, fire, burn down

destroy by fire

"They burned the house and his diaries"

9. fuel, fire

provide with fuel

"Oil fires the furnace"

10. fire

generate an electrical impulse

"the neurons fired fast"

11. fire, flame up

become ignited

"The furnace wouldn't fire"

12. fire, light, ignite

start or maintain a fire in

"fire the furnace"

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firing in Scrabble®

The word firing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters firing:

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firing in Words With Friends™

The word firing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters firing:

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Words within the letters of firing

2 letter words in firing (2 words)

3 letter words in firing (5 words)

4 letter words in firing (3 words)

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6 letter words in firing (1 word)

Words containing the sequence firing

Words that start with firing (2 words)

Words with firing in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving firing

Shorter words in firing

fir

in ring iring

Longer words containing firing

backfiring

counterfiring

crossfiring

firings

gasfiring

misfiring

nonfiring

outfiring

refiring prefiring

retrofiring

shellfiring