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FIRED

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Notes

The answer FIRED is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 700 puzzles.

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Definition

FIRE as a verb:

1. (open fire, fire) = start firing a weapon
2. (fire, discharge) = cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
3. bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
4. (fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate) = terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
5. (fire, discharge, go off) = go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
6. drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
7. (arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke) = call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
8. (burn, fire, burn down) = destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
9. (fuel, fire) = provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

FIRED as an adjective:

1. (discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped) = having lost your job