The Clue
Shot (5 letter answer)
The Answer
FIRED
Tags
Notes
The answer FIRED is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 700 puzzles.
Related Clues
Axed
Canned
Discharged
Lit
Sacked
Triggered
Baked in a kiln
Bounced by the boss
Dismissed from "The Apprentice"
Let go
Like clayware
Out of a job
Put in a kiln
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