Definition of Fired

1. Adjective. Having lost your job.

Exact synonyms: Discharged, Dismissed, Laid-off, Pink-slipped
Similar to: Unemployed

Definition of Fired

1. Adjective. let go from a job ¹

2. Verb. (past of fire) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fired

1. fire [v] - See also: fire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fired

firebreak
firebreaks
firebreather
firebreathers
firebrick
firebricks
firebug
firebugs
firecall
fireclay
fireclays
firecracker
firecrackers
firecrest
firecrests
fired (current term)
fired away
fired off
fired up
firedamp
firedamps
firedog
firedogs
firedrake
firedrakes
firee
fireeater
fireeaters
firees
firefang

Literary usage of Fired

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Paragraph 10 of accused's plea was as follows: (10) That the several shots fired by him from the said revolver at said persons at said time and place, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1874)
"To ascertain the products of combustion of gunpowder, fired under circumstances similar to those which exist when it is exploded in guns or mines. Second. ..."

3. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers., Gerard H. Matthes (1879)
"Shot fired from west sido, 00 grains of powder, slide closed, no current, ... Shot fired from west side, 90 grains of i>owder, slide closed, no current, ..."

4. Energy Policies of IEA Countries by International Energy Agency (2002)
"Even though the government favours the use of gas in power generation, new lignite-fired power plants are licensed, provided they use only state-of-the-art ..."

5. Proceedings by Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society (1891)
"The following statement gives the result of a test made in July, 1893, of the coal fired and coke oven gas fired boilers, ..."

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