Firing Synonyms and Antonyms

fīrĭng
To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. flinging
  2. casting
  3. darting
  4. dashing
  5. heaving
  6. hurling
  7. hurtling
  8. launching
  9. pitching
  10. shooting
  11. shying
  12. slinging
  13. throwing
  14. tossing
Destroy by fire
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dismissing
  2. igniting
  3. lighting
  4. terminating
  5. discharging
  6. canning
  7. booting
  8. driving
  9. vitalizing
  10. torching
  11. releasing
  12. shooting
  13. quickening
  14. cashiering
  15. burning
  16. sacking
  17. launching
  18. kindling
  19. irritating
  20. inspiriting
  21. inspiring
  22. inflaming
  23. inciting
  24. illuminating
  25. dropping
  26. heating
  27. glowing
  28. flinging
  29. exploding
  30. exciting
  31. ax
  32. detonating
  33. bouncing
  34. blazing
  35. baking
  36. attacking
  37. arousing
  38. displacing
  39. animating
Antonyms:
  1. hiring
To launch with great force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hurtling
  2. loosing
  3. projecting
  4. propelling
  5. shooting
Go off or discharge
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. discharging
  2. shooting
  3. hurling
To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. blasting
  2. blowing
  3. bursting
  4. detonating
  5. exploding
  6. fulminating
The act of discharging a gun
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fire
  2. discharge
  3. flammation
  4. firing-off
The act of setting something on fire
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ignition
  2. lighting
  3. kindling
  4. inflammation
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dismissal
  2. dismission
  3. discharge
  4. liberation
  5. release
  6. sack
  7. sacking
To end the employment or service of; dismiss.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dismissing

Words Related to Firing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. keeping
  2. moving
  3. starting
  4. detonation
  5. machinegun
  6. rifle-fire
  7. gun
  8. machine-gun
  9. high-angle
  10. direct-fire

Firing Sentence Examples

  • The soldiers started firing without orders.

  • But the firing and shouting did not relate to them.

  • The ranks of the infantry disappeared amid the smoke but their long- drawn shout and rapid musketry firing could still be heard.

  • The firing grew louder and louder.

  • Scarcely had Pierre laid his head on the pillow before he felt himself falling asleep, but suddenly, almost with the distinctness of reality, he heard the boom, boom, boom of firing, the thud of projectiles, groans and cries, and smelled blood and powder, and a feeling of horror and dread of death seized him.

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