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fired
/ˈfaɪəd/
verb
To set (something, often a building) on fire.
To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
"If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack."
To drive away by setting a fire.
Antonymshire
adjective
Dismissed, let go from a job.
Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.
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