Definition of firing Firing
/fajˈɹɪŋ/ - [fayring] - fir•ing
We found 17 definitions of firing from 6 different sources.
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| firing - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" | ||
| fire | ||
| onrush, onset, onslaught, attack a forceful forward rush or flow; "from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed"; "the explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts" | ||
| antiaircraft fire firing at enemy aircraft | ||
| barrage fire, shelling, barrage, bombardment, battery the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" | ||
| broadside the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship | ||
| fusillade, volley, salvo, burst rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" | ||
| call fire fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit | ||
| covering fire, cover fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations; "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal" | ||
| concentrated fire, massed fire fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships) | ||
| counterfire fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons | ||
| counterpreparation fire intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered | ||
| crossfire fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross | ||
| destruction fire fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects | ||
| direct fire fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it | ||
| distributed fire fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target | ||
| friendly fire, fratricide fire that injures or kills an ally | ||
| hostile fire fire that injures or kills an enemy | ||
| grazing fire fire approximately parallel to the ground; the center of the cone of fire does rise above 1 meter from the ground | ||
| harassing fire fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale | ||
| indirect fire fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons | ||
| interdiction fire fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area | ||
| neutralization fire fire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable | ||
| observed fire fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer; fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations | ||
| preparation fire fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault | ||
| radar fire gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar | ||
| registration fire fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets | ||
| scheduled fire prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time | ||
| searching fire fire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun | ||
| supporting fire fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat | ||
| suppressive fire fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives | ||
| unobserved fire fire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observed | ||
| firing - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | ||
| dismissal, dismission, discharge, liberation, release, sack, sacking | ||
| ending, termination, conclusion the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
| superannuation the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) | ||
| conge, congee an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | ||
| removal dismissal from office | ||
| deactivation, inactivation the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | ||
| honorable discharge a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record | ||
| dishonorable discharge a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) | ||
| firing - the act of discharging a gun | ||
| discharge, firing off | ||
| shooting, shot the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate" | ||
| firing - the act of setting something on fire | ||
| ignition, lighting, kindling, inflammation | ||
| combustion, burning a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- firing (n.)
The act of disharging firearms. - firing (n.)
The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. - firing (n.)
The application of fire, or of a cautery. - firing (n.)
The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln. - firing (n.)
Fuel; firewood or coal.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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firing
The process of applying fire or heat, as in the hardening or glazing of ceramics.\n(Source: HARRIS)
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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firing
The act of discharging fire-arms.
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