Firing most commonly refers to termination of employment.
Firing may also refer to:
Operation
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Firemaking
Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of artificially starting a fire. It requires completing the fire triangle, usually by heating tinder above its autoignition temperature.
Fire is an essential tool for human survival and ...
, the act of starting a
fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products.
At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...
* Burning; see
combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combusti ...
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Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...
, specifically the discharge of
firearm
A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions).
The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...
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Execution by firing squad, a method of capital punishment
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Pottery firing in a
kiln or oven
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Pin firing
Pin firing, also known as thermocautery, is the treatment of an injury to a horse's leg, by burning, freezing, or dousing it with acid or caustic chemicals.[action potential
An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell location rapidly rises and falls. This depolarization then causes adjacent locations to similarly depolarize. Action potentials occur in several types of animal cells, ...]
, where the depolarization of a neuron causes it to "fire" off an electrical signal down its axon
Material
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Fuel
A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work. The concept was originally applied solely to those materials capable of releasing chemical energy but ...
, any material (such as firewood) that can be burned to release energy.
Media
*"Fired", a song by Ben Folds from his 2001 debut solo album ''
Rockin' the Suburbs
''Rockin' the Suburbs'' is the debut studio album by American alternative rock singer-songwriter Ben Folds. His first solo album after leaving his band Ben Folds Five, ''Rockin' the Suburbs'' was recorded in Adelaide, Australia, where Folds was ...
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Fired!'', a 2007 documentary film by
Annabelle Gurwitch
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''Fired'' (2010 film), an Indian horror film
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Fired (1934 film)
''Fired'' (Swedish: ''Uppsagd'') is a 1934 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Sture Lagerwall, Anne-Marie Brunius and Mathias Taube.Qvist & Von Bagh p.92 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets ...
, a Swedish drama film
See also
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Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products.
At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...
and
Fire (disambiguation)
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion.
Fire also commonly refers to:
*Conflagration, a large and destructive fire
*Structure fire, a house or building on fire
*Wildfire, a fire in a forest, rangeland, or o ...
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Firing squad (disambiguation)
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Fire-raising (disambiguation)
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Fire making
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Firestarter (disambiguation)
Firestarter may refer to:
Fire making
*Fire making devices, including:
** Firelighter, a consumer product for starting a fire
**Fire striker, a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge of flint, chert or similar rock
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