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Antonyms for firing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fahyuh r-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪər ɪŋ


Definition of firing

Origin :
  • c.1200, furen, figurative, "arouse, excite;" literal sense of "set fire to" is from late 14c., from fire (n.). The Old English verb fyrian "to supply with fire" apparently did not survive into Middle English.
  • The sense of "sack, dismiss" is first recorded 1885 in American English (earlier "throw (someone) out" of some place, 1871), probably from a play on the two meanings of discharge: "to dismiss from a position," and "to fire a gun," fire in the second sense being from "set fire to gunpowder," attested from 1520s. Of bricks, pottery, etc., from 1660s. Related: Fired; firing. Fired up "angry" is from 1824. Firing squad is attested from 1904.
  • verb cause to burn
  • verb detonate or throw a weapon
  • verb excite, arouse
  • verb dismiss from responsibility
Example sentences :
  • Ben had drawn off his boots, and was firing them one after the other at the door.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Firing from ambush and moving from place to place, he would seem more than one man.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • In less than half an hour after a firing commenced at Durant's.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • Without wasting time in firing, they advanced with the bayonet.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • They had heard the firing of the night and were disappointed at having been absent.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The natives would retaliate by firing into the camp at night.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The stairs also were pulled down and burned, though there was no scarcity of firing.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The firing was sharp on both sides, and it lasted a great while.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We did not know the cause of the last explosion, until after the firing ceased.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Some of our men were firing their guns at random into the underbrush.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

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