firing
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes
Types & categories
- attack
- antiaircraft fire
- barrage fire
- broadside
- volley
- call fire
- covering fire
- concentrated fire
- counterfire
- counterpreparation fire
- crossfire
- destruction fire
- direct fire
- distributed fire
- friendly fire
- hostile fire
- grazing fire
- harassing fire
- indirect fire
- interdiction fire
- neutralization fire
- observed fire
- preparation fire
- radar fire
- registration fire
- scheduled fire
- searching fire
- supporting fire
- suppressive fire
- unobserved fire
- artillery fire
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Sense 2 noun
the act of discharging a gun
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Sense 3 noun
the act of setting something on fire
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Sense 4 noun
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | go off |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fire |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | attack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antiaircraft fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | barrage fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | broadside |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | volley |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | call fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | covering fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | concentrated fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterfire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterpreparation fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crossfire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | destruction fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | direct fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distributed fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | friendly fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hostile fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grazing fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | harassing fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | indirect fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interdiction fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neutralization fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | observed fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | preparation fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | radar fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | registration fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scheduled fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | searching fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supporting fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suppressive fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unobserved fire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | artillery fire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | go off |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discharge |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shot |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gun |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ignite |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch fire |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | enkindle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | kindle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | burning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | give the axe |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | discharge |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | superannuation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | conge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | removal |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deactivation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | honorable discharge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dishonorable discharge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Section Eight |