Synonyms for fired

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fahyuh r

Phonetic Transcription : faɪər

Top 10 synonyms for fired

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Définition of fired

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.

adj subjected to fire
adj discharged

Example sentences :

Windich and I fired our revolvers at them several times, and chased them up the hill.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Then, hardly looking at his target, he snapped his rifle back to his shoulder and fired.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

"Naturally," I said with nonchalance, though my quick temper was fired.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Thus the salutes were fired, and thus the royal birthday was fittingly celebrated.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

I gits half eat by that crazy skate, an' fired without a cent fer it.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

He fired his volley of explanation at his employer with the rapidity of a Maxim gun.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

She hesitated, and then fired a parting shot which certainly was spiteful in the extreme.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

If he had fired, every shot must have told, he was so close.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

I don't believe one of them ever fired a weapon before this trip.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

He might not have answered, or liked it, had I fired the question at him point-blank.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

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