fired
Definitions
Dismissed from a job.
Discharged a weapon or projectile.
Subjected to intense heat, as in baking pottery or bricks.
Examples
The manager fired the employee for consistently arriving late to work.
The soldier fired his rifle into the air to signal for help.
The kiln was fired at a very high temperature to harden the clay pottery.
Synonyms
Antonyms
hired employed recruited appointed engaged selected retained