fired Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb start firing a weapon
    fire; open fire.
  2. verb cause to go off
    fire; discharge.
    • fire a gun
    • fire a bullet
  3. verb bake in a kiln so as to harden
    fire.
    • fire pottery
  4. verb terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
    give the axe; send away; give the sack; fire; dismiss; terminate; displace; sack; give notice; force out; can.
    • The boss fired his secretary today
    • The company terminated 25% of its workers
  5. verb go off or discharge
    fire; discharge; go off.
    • The gun fired
  6. verb drive out or away by or as if by fire
    fire.
    • The soldiers were fired
    • Surrender fires the cold skepticism
  7. verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
    raise; fire; enkindle; elicit; arouse; evoke; kindle; provoke.
    • arouse pity
    • raise a smile
    • evoke sympathy
  8. verb destroy by fire
    fire; burn; burn down.
    • They burned the house and his diaries
  9. verb provide with fuel
    fuel; fire.
    • Oil fires the furnace
  10. adjective satellite having lost your job
    laid-off; pink-slipped; dismissed; discharged.

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