fired
/ˈfaɪ̯ɚd/ adjective B1- dismissed, terminated from employment.
- Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.
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It was clear that this had been fired at close range and that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head almost to pieces.
Therefore the shot must have been fired some time earlier than we are told.
The big man had been wakened by the noise, and had fired both barrels of a shotgun into Nag just behind the hood.
In an instant he had whisked out a revolver from his breast and had fired two shots.
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