Firing
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To set (something, often a building) on fire.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery. The fuel for a fire. The discharge of a gun or other weapon. The dismissal of someone from a job.
Example sentence: The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care?
Fire
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To set (something) on fire.To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.To drive away by setting a fire.To terminate the employment contract of an employee, usually because of the misconduct or poor performance of the employee (as opposed to "make redundant" or "lay off", where the employee's actions are not the reason for the termination); to expel one from their job.To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse of stream of something).To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.To cause an action potential in a cell.To forcibly direct.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.Something that has produced or is capable of producing this chemical reaction, such as a campfire.The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place leading to its full or partial destruction.One of the four basic elements.One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).The elements necessary to start a fire.The in-flight bullets or other projectiles shot from a gun.
Example sentence: Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.