List of synonyms from "fireman" to synonyms from "firm hands"


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Definition of the day : « firing »

  • 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