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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

firing n.
1. the action of setting fire to something: the deliberate firing of 600 oil wells.

2. the discharging of a gun or other weapon: the prolonged firing caused heavy losses | no missile firings were planned.

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