1
: using a specified fuel
—usually used in combination
an oil-fired power plant
a wood-fired pizza oven
2
: having been processed by heating in a kiln
fired and handpainted stoneware
The body is more like cement than clay, but useful in achieving the surfaces I seek, and the fired clay is remarkably lightweight and strong.—
Ceramics Monthly
Ceramics Monthly3
: dismissed from a job
You're fired!
They said Metro has failed to provide the fired employees and the union with a detailed explanation of the allegations.—Fredrick Kunkle
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This isn’t Boulder, Colo. Not to be overlooked, meanwhile, is Jones’ and the Cowboys’ strange pattern of retaining their fired or outgoing coaches for an extended period of time before letting them out.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
This isn’t the first time this year LaFleur has reached out to a fired former colleague for assistance.
—Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
Marilyn Levine was an exceptional ceramicist who built detailed useful objects — shoes, garments and accessories (backpacks, handbags) — from useless slabs of fired clay.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
At Cartier, his Power Rack with Landmine and Restraint, 2024, was both monumental and fragile, perhaps like American masculinity itself: a life-size Olympic weight rack made of fired clay.
—Lillian Davies, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
This isn’t the first time this year LaFleur has reached out to a fired former colleague for assistance.
—Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
Marilyn Levine was an exceptional ceramicist who built detailed useful objects — shoes, garments and accessories (backpacks, handbags) — from useless slabs of fired clay.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
At Cartier, his Power Rack with Landmine and Restraint, 2024, was both monumental and fragile, perhaps like American masculinity itself: a life-size Olympic weight rack made of fired clay.
—Lillian Davies, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Fired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fired. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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fired
adjective
: using a specified fuel
an oil-fired furnace
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