Firing definition and meaning
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Definition of ’firing’
firing
in American English
(
ˈfaɪrɪŋ
)
noun
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firing
in British English
(
ˈfaɪərɪŋ
)
noun
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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firing
in Chemical Engineering
f
aɪə
rɪŋ
)
noun
Chemical Engineering
:
Energy and sustainability
)
gas
firing
is preferred.
firing
with fuel is large, and could be reduced by the use of electrically heated kilns.
Firing
is the way in which a fuel is brought into contact with a flame to cause combustion.
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Examples of ‘firing’ in a sentence firing
Real
weapons
are kept in
storage
and used at firing
ranges
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2017
)
If
rugby
were to
get
nervous
, then there would be a
queue
for the firing
squad
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2017
)
Raise
the red
flag
and they’ll
avoid
you like a
live
firing range.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
The
captain
removed himself from the firing line after that,
bruised
of
finger
and
ego
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
He did not have a
card
to play when he
went
in to
face
the
FA
firing squad.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
In
reality
, this is
pretty
hard
to
credit
, given the
security
around the firing process.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2017
)
These were made for the firing range not the white
cube
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2008
)
He just
stayed
onside
before firing in his second.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2012
)
Other members of the firing squad took over the
task
of
finishing
off her
husband
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2010
)
Along the
beach
was an
army
firing range where we would
spend
hours
playing.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2006
)
In
front
of the
memorial
are
six
trees representing a firing squad.
The Sun
(
2013
)
At
four
of the
locations
firing squads were lined up.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
She got them moved
away
and out of the firing line, so to speak.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
Man’s
best
friend
has been in the firing line for a good
couple
of
decades
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2014
)
Instead
, it was usually my
attitude
that kept all
cylinders
from firing.
Christianity Today
(
2000
)
He
thinks
he
might
be in the firing line this
weekend
, too.
The Sun
(
2012
)
This
week
three
monster
hunters
stumbled on to a military firing range in
Germany
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
You
feel
like you’re in front of a firing squad.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2013
)
He
maybe
should have gone one further and taken
Hazard
out of the firing line too.
The Sun
(
2015
)
You’ll
stand
in front of a firing squad for them if you
need
to.
The Sun
(
2012
)
But she is not
putting
me in the firing line for
taking
her
make-up
.
The Sun
(
2013
)
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