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"firing" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often dismissal (9 letters).
Definitions
the act of discharging a gun
Used in a sentence
“After the pots have been glazed, they go back into the kiln for a second firing.”
“No more dams I’ll make for fish; Nor fetch in firing At requiring […]”
“Downstairs there was a kitchen common to all lodgers, with free firing and a supply of cooking-pots, tea-basins, and toasting-forks.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Shooting or dismissing”6 letters
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