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firing has 13 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 4 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
“hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes”
the act of setting something on fire
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for firing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.