1
: the act or process of one that fires
2
: the process of maturing ceramic products by the application of heat
Examples of firing in a Sentence
found a flaw in the gun's firing
Recent Examples on the Web
The firing speed approaches that of a machine gun, a device prohibited for civilian use since the mid-1930s.
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2024
The latter incident sparked the firing of Fox from GB News, and Wootton left several weeks later.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 June 2024
Sports What’s next for the Lakers now that Dan Hurley rejected them?
June 12, 2024
Despite having no professional coaching experience, Redick has been a name linked to the Lakers for most of their coaching search after Darvin Ham’s firing.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
The ruling came in a case brought by Starbucks over the firing of seven workers in Memphis who were trying to unionize a store in 2022.
—Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 13 June 2024
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2024
The latter incident sparked the firing of Fox from GB News, and Wootton left several weeks later.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 June 2024
Sports What’s next for the Lakers now that Dan Hurley rejected them?
June 12, 2024
Despite having no professional coaching experience, Redick has been a name linked to the Lakers for most of their coaching search after Darvin Ham’s firing.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
The ruling came in a case brought by Starbucks over the firing of seven workers in Memphis who were trying to unionize a store in 2022.
—Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 13 June 2024
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“Firing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firing. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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