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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Â© The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

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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fire principle of combustion; burning material OE.; conflagration XII; heat of fever, passion, etc. XIV; firing of guns XVI. OE. fȳr = OS. fiur (Du. vuur), OHG. fiur, fuir (G. feuer) (cf. ON. poet. fúrr, fýrr), corr. to Gr. pûr, Umbrian pir, Czech pýr̆, Arm. hur, Toch. por, pwār.
Hence fire vb. OE. fȳrian supply with firing; set on fire, lit. and fig. XIII; discharge, explode XVI.

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fir·ing / ˈfīring/ • n. the action of setting fire to something: the deliberate firing of 600 oil wells. ∎ the discharging of a gun or other weapon: the prolonged firing caused heavy losses no missile firings were planned. ∎ the dismissal of an employee from a job: the recent firing of the head of the department. ∎ the baking or drying of pottery or bricks in a kiln.

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