firing
noun
fir·ing ˈfī-riŋ 
ˈfī-ər-iŋ
1
: the act or process of one that fires
2
: the process of maturing ceramic products by the application of heat
Synonyms
- blasting
- discharge
- shot
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Example Sentences
found a flaw in the gun's firing
Recent Examples on the Web For decades, the Atlanta P.D. has operated a firing range there, and, on his forest strolls, Santifer had begun hearing gunfire. 
Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022 The firing has not quieted demands for others to face punishment. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 The firing has not quieted demands for others to face punishment. Paul J. Weber, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022 The firing hasn't quieted demands for others to face punishment. CBS News, 6 Sep. 2022 Marshall also manages the Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi, where the SLS engines were tested in a live firing, and the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where SLS was built and assembled. Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2022 The Bruce Cassidy firing was puzzling, and new coach Jim Montgomery will have to deal with prolonged absences of Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy. Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 Utah practiced indoors with the heating system firing and music blasting in hope of duplicating one of the game’s toughest environments. Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 The exercise, known as Vostok 2022, will go until September 7 at seven firing ranges in the Sea of Japan and Russia's Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry said and will feature 140 aircraft, 60 warships, and more than 50,000 troops. Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2022 See More
Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022 The firing has not quieted demands for others to face punishment. BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 The firing has not quieted demands for others to face punishment. Paul J. Weber, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022 The firing hasn't quieted demands for others to face punishment. CBS News, 6 Sep. 2022 Marshall also manages the Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi, where the SLS engines were tested in a live firing, and the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where SLS was built and assembled. Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2022 The Bruce Cassidy firing was puzzling, and new coach Jim Montgomery will have to deal with prolonged absences of Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy. Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 Utah practiced indoors with the heating system firing and music blasting in hope of duplicating one of the game’s toughest environments. Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 The exercise, known as Vostok 2022, will go until September 7 at seven firing ranges in the Sea of Japan and Russia's Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry said and will feature 140 aircraft, 60 warships, and more than 50,000 troops. Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing firing
firing 1 of 2
noun
as in blasting
a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece found a flaw in the gun's firing Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- blasting
- bombardment
- barrage
- shot
- volley
- discharge
- burst
- salvo
- blitz
- fusillade
- hail
- cannonade
- potshot
- blitzkrieg
- broadside
- drumfire
- shower
- storm
firing
2 of 2verb
1
as in shooting
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force police officers firing rubber bullets Synonyms & Similar Words
- shooting
- launching
- throwing
- blasting
- discharging
- hurling
- loosing
- squeezing off
- projecting
- flinging
- casting
- tossing
- lobbing
- slinging
- catapulting
- pelting
- heaving
- hurtling
- pitching
- sniping (at)
- blazing (at)
2
as in discharging
to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force soldiers fired at the enemy in panic-stricken disorder Synonyms & Similar Words
- shooting
- blasting
- discharging
- blazing
- sniping
- peppering
- potshotting
- plinking
3
as in stimulating
to give life, vigor, or spirit to a school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist Synonyms & Similar Words
- stimulating
- stirring
- animating
- spiking
- activating
- provoking
- triggering
- driving
- arousing
- energizing
- electrifying
- lifting
- awakening
- charging
- bracing
- sparking
- cheering
- enlivening
- invigorating
- raising
- quickening
- reviving
- recreating
- moving
- filliping
- propelling
- exciting
- vivifying
- motivating
- vitalizing
- rousing
- boosting
- strengthening
- rallying
- inspiring
- jump-starting
- awaking
- motiving
- resurrecting
- juicing up
- actuating
- galvanizing
- jazzing (up)
- renewing
- inciting
- pepping (up)
- kindling
- zipping (up)
- gingering (up)
- instigating
- refreshing
- fomenting
- amping (up)
- livening (up)
- fermenting
- regenerating
- inflaming
- recharging
- enkindling
- infusing
- rekindling
- setting off
- reactivating
- buoying
- impelling
- reinvigorating
- reenergizing
- emboldening
- enflaming
- reawakening
- revitalizing
- resuscitating
- fortifying
- turning on
- reanimating
- rejuvenating
- steeling
- abetting
- restimulating
- reawaking
- re-energizing
- waking (up)
- heartening
- refreshening
- whipping (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- killing
- dampening
- wearing
- damping
- harassing
- undermining
- deadening
- draining
- dulling
- weakening
- checking
- exhausting
- restraining
- sapping
- burning out
- knocking out
- suppressing
- inhibiting
- slowing
- debilitating
- enervating
- wearing out
- washing out
- enfeebling
- quenching
- fatiguing
- curbing
- repressing
- stunting
- wearying
- quelling
- stilling
- discouraging
- fagging
- demoralizing
- kayoing
- jading
- tuckering (out)
- disheartening
- doing in
- daunting
- dispiriting
4
as in sacking
to let go from office, service, or employment fired the secretary for incompetence Synonyms & Similar Words
- sacking
- removing
- dismissing
- retiring
- releasing
- discharging
- terminating
- axing
- bouncing
- canning
- cashiering
- pink-slipping
- downsizing
- mustering out
- excessing
- turning off
- sending packing
- trimming
- showing (someone) the door
- laying off
- furloughing
- separating
- unseating
- kicking out
- throwing out
- drumming (out)
- booting (out)
- chucking (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hiring
- employing
- retaining
- engaging
- keeping
- rehiring
- signing (up or on)
- taking on
- contracting
- recruiting
- subcontracting
- reemploying
- re-employing
5
as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm fired a pass to the running back Synonyms & Similar Words
- throwing
- hurling
- tossing
- flinging
- slinging
- launching
- casting
- lobbing
- bowling
- chucking
- lofting
- gunning
- pelting
- heaving
- hurtling
- darting
- catapulting
- pegging
- pitching
- flipping
- dashing
- shooting
- rolling
- ejecting
- thrusting
- letting fly
- precipitating
- propelling
- passing
- projecting
- hooking
- rifling
- bucking
- impelling
6
as in burning
to set (something) on fire lit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs Synonyms & Similar Words
- burning
- igniting
- torching
- scorching
- lighting
- kindling
- enkindling
- inflaming
- enflaming
- baking
- illuminating
- immolating
- cooking
- illumining
- deflagrating
- broiling
- incinerating
- charring
- stoking
- lightening
- kilning
- cremating
- frizzling
- ashing
- searing
- rekindling
- irradiating
- brightening
- scalding
- setting off
- reigniting
- relighting
- scathing
- radiating
- banking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- extinguishing
- quenching
- choking
- smothering
- suffocating
- dousing
- darkening
- stamping (out)
- obscuring
- blackening
- putting out
- dimming
- snuffing (out)
- dowsing
- dulling