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fyring — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dismissal noun The act of firing someone from their job.
  • sack noun A large bag, typically of coarse material, used for carrying or storing bulk goods.
  • termination noun The act of ending something, or the state of having ended.

Senses

fyring is used for these senses in English:

  • dismissal Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
  • layoff (chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
  • sack (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.
  • termination The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.

dismissal — full definition

  1. noun The act of firing someone from their job.
  2. noun The rejection of a legal case, claim, or idea.

sack — full definition

  1. noun A large bag, typically of coarse material, used for carrying or storing bulk goods.
  2. noun The violent looting and destruction of a captured city or town.
  3. noun Informal: dismissal from a job.
  4. noun American football: a tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he can pass.
  5. verb To dismiss someone from their job; to fire.

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