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The Clue
Firing (5 letter answer)
The Answer
AXING
Tags
Notes
The answer AXING is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.
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Definition
AXE as a verb:
1. (axe, ax) = chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
2. (ax, axe) = terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"