Firing

Firing may refer to:

Dismissal (employment), sudden loss of employment by termination
Firemaking, the act of starting a fire
Burning; see combustion
Shooting, specifically the discharge of firearms
Execution by firing squad, a method of capital punishment
Pottery firing in a kiln or oven
Pin firing, an old medical treatment applied to horses
An action potential, where the depolarization of a neuron causes it to "fire" off an electrical signal down its axon
Any material (such as firewood) that can be burned as fuel to release energy

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