firing

Noun

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• the act of setting something on fire

• the act of discharging a gun

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dismissal , dismission , discharge , liberation , release , sack , sacking , ignition , lighting , kindling , inflammation , firing off , fire