the act of discharging a gun

the termination of someone's employment ( leaving them free to depart)

the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; " hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; " they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

the act of setting on fire or catching fire

The act of disharging firearms.

The application of fire, or of a cautery.

The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

Fuel; firewood or coal.

The discharging of fire- arms; fuel; the application of fire or of a cautery.

Fuel; the setting on fire; discharge of firearms.

Although the firing had died down it continued sufficiently to enable me to keep my direction. – 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany by Gerald Featherstone Knight

Ten minutes later the enemy ceased firing. – The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

The Frenchmen now saw that there was a chance of our escaping, and began firing. – Old Jack by W.H.G. Kingston

So we kept quiet, but towards two o'clock heard firing in the neighborhood of Leyderdorp. – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

I could see them looking out from behind the trees and firing. – Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson

After a while they begin to understand the danger of this proceeding, and half an hour's rapid firing causes the birds to spread about and get into the trees in the hedges at some distance. – Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies

For some reason we had decided to watch this one from the firing- line. – Letters from France by C. E. W. Bean

Firing could be heard from their direction and, as a matter of fact, they had enough to do to hold up an enemy attack on their left from Askalon. – The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by F.L. Morrison

It is now eight in the morning and the firing is terrible. – Through Five Republics on Horseback by G. Whitfield Ray

He had gone but a few miles when the sound of the firing at the fort reached his ears, and he thus learned that the attack had come. – Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. by George Cary Eggleston

The firing now began on the two sides of the Beresina, on the right shore against the troops that had crossed, on the left against those covering the passage of the rear of the army. – Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 by Achilles Rose

Night was now approaching; the main body of the rebel army had passed; the firing ceased, and the enemy were retreating in haste. – Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by J. Newton Terrill

Another mile or two have still to be covered on foot before we reach the firing- line. – War by Pierre Loti

He believes that when he begins his attack from this side, the Government troops will rush from the barracks and hasten toward the sound of the firing. – Captain Macklin by Richard Harding Davis

After the admiral had conquered all the islands that once formed part of the empire, he had his entire fleet return to Constantinople, and they entered the city firing their bombards and shouting their greetings to the illustrious city. – The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba

Firing was still going on all around, but the shouts of our men rose now from inside the fort instead of outside. – The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Talbot Baines Reed

One detail of the execution of Ney, however, we are told nothing of: we do not know if his widow, like Madame Labedoyere, had to pay three francs a head to the soldiers of the firing party which shot her husband. – The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton

He seemed to like thinking he was in a sort of way in the firing line, as though he was slightly wounded. – War-time Silhouettes by Stephen Hudson

But I saw him firing away steady as a rock; yes, sir! – The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer

And as to firing! – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens