fired

past tense of fire
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as in shot
to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force soldiers fired at the enemy in panic-stricken disorder

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as in stimulated
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

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“Fired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fired. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.

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