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Synonyms of firing
(Entry 1 of 2)
a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece
- found a flaw in the gun's firing
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firing
verb
present participle of fire
Synonyms & Antonyms of firing (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force
- police officers firing rubber bullets
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2
to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force
- soldiers fired at the enemy in panic-stricken disorder
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3
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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- enkindling,
- exciting,
- fermenting,
- fomenting,
- inciting,
- inflaming
- (also enflaming),
- instigating,
- kindling,
- provoking,
- setting off,
- sparking,
- triggering,
- turning on,
- whipping (up)
Near Antonyms for firing
- burning out,
- debilitating,
- doing in,
- draining,
- enervating,
- enfeebling,
- exhausting,
- fagging,
- fatiguing,
- harassing,
- kayoing,
- knocking out,
- sapping,
- tuckering (out),
- undermining,
- washing out,
- weakening,
- wearing,
- wearing out,
- wearying
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4
to let go from office, service, or employment
- fired the secretary for incompetence
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5
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
- fired a pass to the running back
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6
to set (something) on fire
- lit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs
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- dousing
- (also dowsing),
- extinguishing,
- putting out,
- quenching,
- snuffing (out)
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The first known use of firing was in the 14th century
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