Definition for Firing:

• The act of disharging firearms.

Synonyms for Firing:

• adj.

  •combustible (adjective)
  • burnable,
  • ignitable,
  • comburent,
  • combustive.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • firing,
  • fire.
  •arson (noun)
  • firings,
  • setting fire,
  • incendiarism,
  • touching off,
  • torching,
  • pyromania.
  •dismissal (noun)
  • dismissal.
  •dismission (noun)
  • dismission.
  •exhilaration (noun)
  • de-lights,
  • invigorations,
  • head rushes,
  • de light,
  • electrifications,
  • high spiritses,
  • enlivenments,
  • ex-citation,
  • vitalizations,
  • up lifts,
  • up-lifts,
  • de-light,
  • ex citations,
  • a rushes,
  • ex citation,
  • ex-citations,
  • de lights,
  • vivifications,
  • galvanizations,
  • up lift,
  • up-lift.
  •explosion (noun)
  • gust,
  • flare up,
  • ignitions,
  • fulmination,
  • ignition.
  •firing (noun)
  • liberation,
  • release,
  • sacking,
  • lighting,
  • sack,
  • inflammation,
  • kindling,
  • firing off.
  •fling (noun)
  • slingings.
  •gunfire (noun)
  • Cannonading.
  •pottery (noun)
  • stoneware,
  • porcelainware,
  • stonewares,
  • pottery,
  • terra cotta.
  •shooting (noun)
  • dis-charging,
  • pulling trigger,
  • gunnings,
  • dis charging,
  • dischargings.
  •volley (noun)
  • shelling,
  • cross fire,
  • crossfire,
  • fussilade,
  • volley,
  • enfilade.

• v.

  •energizing (verb)
  • rousing,
  • Forcing,
  • reviving,
  • sparking,
  • invigorating,
  • powering,
  • energizing,
  • recharging,
  • activating,
  • Empowering,
  • driving,
  • Charging.
  •exciting (verb)
  • electrifying,
  • Arousing,
  • inflaming,
  • disturbing,
  • exhilarating,
  • exciting,
  • animating,
  • stimulating,
  • disquieting,
  • agitating.
  •heating (verb)
  • poaching,
  • simmering,
  • frying,
  • warming,
  • grilling,
  • Parching,
  • toasting,
  • Charring,
  • roasting,
  • barbecuing,
  • cooking,
  • boiling,
  • scorching,
  • sweltering,
  • singing,
  • stewing,
  • Parboiling,
  • heating,
  • burning,
  • broiling,
  • braising,
  • baking,
  • Searing,
  • scalding.
  •propelling (verb)
  • projecting,
  • bowling,
  • Flicking,
  • pitching,
  • prodding,
  • goading,
  • pelting,
  • Canting,
  • hurling,
  • catapulting,
  • chucking,
  • heaving,
  • thrusting,
  • Butting,
  • impelling,
  • Ramming,
  • casting,
  • Shunting,
  • Lobbing,
  • bunting,
  • slinging,
  • tossing,
  • compelling,
  • propelling,
  • Throwing,
  • precipitating,
  • Flinging,
  • Shoving,
  • pushing.

• Other synonyms:

  •explosion
  • detonation.
  •stove
  • oven.
  •volley
  • fusillade.

Paraphrases for Firing:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    blazing.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    fireworks, fired.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    shelling, firepower, cooking, Fusing, firefight, discharge, ignition, termination, launcher, Throwing, platoon, fighting, lay-off, attacking, gunshot.
  • Verb, past tense
    combusted.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Terminating, relaunching, Capturing, Quarantining, benefiting, issuing, Transferring, deriving, Delivering, Dissociating, kindling, Dismissing, transmitting, bursting, arriving, Establishing, harvesting, exploiting, ingesting, maximising, maximizing, Realizing, utilize, Utilizing, Alleging, leveraging, unleashing, Reaping, Extracting, using, advancing, returning, Embarking, reaching, consuming, shouting, Earning, heaving, Obtaining, being, sending, dropping, Quoting, unblocking, Adopting, Flushing, sealing, scrapping, holding, coming, Gaining, coping, winning, shutting, dubbing, tapping, looking, eating, playing, Pumping, putting, hunting, taking, pulling, hauling, going, getting, drawing.
  • Verb, past participle
    Retrieved, Benefited, derived, realized, contrived, fuelled, discharged, reproduced, Begun, driven, Reaped, Extracted, Reached, Duplicated, awakened, blown, earned, printed, drawn, accessed, Gained, Pushed, Dragged, taken, gone, Gotten, named.
  • Verb, base form
    perceive, amass, jack.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    fire, fires, shootings, gunfire.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    fire, fires, dismissal, detonation, bombing, bombardment, crossfire, gunfire, shootout, rocket, drawing, layoff.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Rocketing, Referring, freeing, engaging, Deposing, Towing, calling, shelling, Throwing.
  • Verb, past participle
    Towed, called.

Firing Sentence Examples:

• Poor little Bella looked very much frightened when she heard us talk of firing.

• He even did his firing that way.

Hypernym for Firing:

• n.

  • act
    fratricide, interdiction fire, indirect fire, hostile fire, broadside, volley, covering fire, distributed fire, fusillade, call fire, antiaircraft fire, destruction fire, bombardment, neutralization fire, counterfire, burst, friendly fire, massed fire, battery, supporting fire, concentrated fire, crossfire, suppressive fire, searching fire, salvo, artillery fire, cannon fire, registration fire, direct fire, Counterpreparation Fire, radar fire, grazing fire, observed fire, cover, unobserved fire, preparation fire, barrage fire, shelling, scheduled fire, harassing fire, barrage.

Hyponym for Firing:

• n.

  • act
    onrush, attack, onset, onslaught.