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Synonyms for fired

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fahyuh r
Phonetic Transcription : faɪər

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Définition of fired

Origin :
  • c.1200, furen, figurative, "arouse, excite;" literal sense of "set fire to" is from late 14c., from fire (n.). The Old English verb fyrian "to supply with fire" apparently did not survive into Middle English.
  • The sense of "sack, dismiss" is first recorded 1885 in American English (earlier "throw (someone) out" of some place, 1871), probably from a play on the two meanings of discharge: "to dismiss from a position," and "to fire a gun," fire in the second sense being from "set fire to gunpowder," attested from 1520s. Of bricks, pottery, etc., from 1660s. Related: Fired; firing. Fired up "angry" is from 1824. Firing squad is attested from 1904.
  • adj subjected to fire
  • adj discharged
Example sentences :
  • Windich and I fired our revolvers at them several times, and chased them up the hill.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Then, hardly looking at his target, he snapped his rifle back to his shoulder and fired.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "Naturally," I said with nonchalance, though my quick temper was fired.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Thus the salutes were fired, and thus the royal birthday was fittingly celebrated.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • I gits half eat by that crazy skate, an' fired without a cent fer it.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He fired his volley of explanation at his employer with the rapidity of a Maxim gun.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • She hesitated, and then fired a parting shot which certainly was spiteful in the extreme.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • If he had fired, every shot must have told, he was so close.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • I don't believe one of them ever fired a weapon before this trip.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • He might not have answered, or liked it, had I fired the question at him point-blank.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
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