(ceramics) The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery. / The fuel for a fire. / The act of adding fuel to a fire. / The discharge of a gun or other weapon.

(military) Fire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.

(finance) Acronym of financial independence and early retirement. / (economics, business) Acronym of finance, insurance and real estate: a class of businesses.

plural of firee

A person who has been fired

The quality or state of being fire.

plural of test firing

(idiomatic) To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire).

present participle of fight fire with fire

simple past tense and past participle of fight fire with fire