Noun : Put the kettle on the fire. ,enemy fire. ,to pour fire upon the enemy. ,heavenly fires. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : They fired the boiler. ,to fire a stone through a window. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : to fire at a fleeing enemy. From Dictionary.com.
Cap continues to be the definition of a title firing on all cylinders. From Wordnik.com. [IGN Comics] Reference
The North has declared what it calls a firing zone in disputed waters off its west coast. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009] Reference
That emergency Mission Control would be located in what they call the firing room, which is where they launch the space shuttles from. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2007] Reference
I don't consider what you describe as firing friends since the relationships you describe fall far short of my definition of friendship. From Wordnik.com. [ActiveRain Real Estate Network] Reference
"They're firing from the roofs," I say in Spanish. From Wordnik.com. [The One in White] Reference
The firing is over; ambulance mules are going down. From Wordnik.com. [Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol] Reference
What's been missing in the debate over his firing is this. From Wordnik.com. [John Atlas: Missing From the NPR/Juan Williams Debate: "The ACORN Deal"] Reference
Roberts: McCain firing up the grill ... and his veep search?. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Clinton says Chelsea may go into politics] Reference
Everything you thought you knew about hiring and firing is wrong. From Wordnik.com. [HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 27TH, 2010] Reference
When was the last time you saw Michael Martin firing up a flag, eh?. From Wordnik.com. [Is Saddam Sacred ?] Reference
The firing is just as continuous, – just as rapid, – just as heavy. From Wordnik.com. [Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol] Reference
The last step before firing is applying natural earth pigments to add color. From Wordnik.com. [A treasure in our own backyard] Reference
E-mails reveal that Karl Rove had a larger role in firing the U.S. attorneys. From Wordnik.com. [Short Takes] Reference
Suddenly, the whole Cojo firing is starting to look a lot more interesting. From Wordnik.com. [06/22/2005] Reference
Carla has called him, so he knows how precipitous Betty's move in firing her was. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men's Surprising Yet Logical Finale: Don Draper Goes All Cali in 'Tomorrowland'] Reference
I absolutely agree that the lead time prior LAS firing is what is most important. From Wordnik.com. [Ares 1 Abort Study Update - NASA Watch] Reference
The Juan Williams firing is a lesson about reacting too strongly before all the facts are in. From Wordnik.com. [Kathleen Reardon: Offense? Insult? The Firing of Juan Williams] Reference
He reported the mortars firing from the swimming pool on the grounds of the plantation house. From Wordnik.com. [Schott, Richard S.] Reference
Then you would trim it to length (brass stretches a bit when all that pressure develops in firing it). From Wordnik.com. [How Handloading Can Improve Your Love Life] Reference
Their replacements will be just as incompetent, but the joy in firing them will overshadow that reality. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 5, 2006] Reference
While within a few hundred yards of her, however, she was greeted with new firing from the German cruiser. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne] Reference
The sub boldly surfaced within firing range before being detected only five miles from the carrier itself. From Wordnik.com. [America’s Elegant Decline] Reference
Anyway, FTS firing is by far the most likely reason for one of those 3 mile flaming debris clouds of death. From Wordnik.com. [Ares Doubts Continue to Mount - NASA Watch] Reference
At the street-corner where I had seen the Anarchists begin firing the day before a barricade was now standing. From Wordnik.com. [Homage to Catalonia] Reference
Range safety firing is another risk, but outright engine kaboom is a statistically significant risk. anonymous. From Wordnik.com. [Ares Doubts Continue to Mount - NASA Watch] Reference
There is nothing brave in firing a rifle or throwing grenades … anyone can do that, ask Centroamerican kids. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Murtha on Haditha: ‘I Know There Was a Cover-up … The Chain of Command Tried to Stifle the Story’] Reference
American squadron roared with clocklike regularity, while the firing from the Spanish ships steadily decreased. From Wordnik.com. [American Men of Action] Reference
Infantry (new name), and ten Ghoorkas in firing line at six paces interval between each man, and twenty my men in support. From Wordnik.com. [My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny] Reference
Bill Maher, on Todd Palin firing off an angry email full of grammatical errors to Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller. From Wordnik.com. [Weekly Joke Revue: "epublicans, Leukemia Team Up To Repeal Health Care Law"] Reference
The guns of the American squadron roared with clocklike regularity, while the firing from the Spanish ships steadily decreased. From Wordnik.com. [American Men of Action]
The rifle firing from the boats had ceased, and I made no doubt that they were finished off and that the end had come to everything. From Wordnik.com. [The Inevitable White Man] Reference
Since such lines preclude movement of the mounts, they are removed at any time a mount is to be trained outboard in firing position. From Wordnik.com. [Sansone, James J.] Reference
As the CH-53 hovered over us, one of my commandos started firing from the perimeter around the wreck site, we could not see the bad guys. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd, Allen R.] Reference
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