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| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 41 |
| def | terminate the employment of |
| def | discharge from an office or position |
| examples | The boss fired his secretary today The company terminated 25% of its workers |
| Frame - 9 | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Frame - 24 | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
| Frame - 22 | Somebody ----s PP |
| Frame - 22 | Somebody ----s PP |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | remove |
| Derivationally related form | sack → sack |
| Derivationally related form | sack → sacking |
| Derivationally related form | dismiss → dismissible; dismiss → dismissal |
| Derivationally related form | dismiss → dismission |
| Derivationally related form | fire → firing |
| Antonym | fire → hire |
| Hyponym | retire; pension off; clean out; furlough, lay off; squeeze out; dismiss, send packing, send away, drop |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | dismissible → dismiss; dismissal → dismiss |
| Derivationally related form | sacking → sack |
| Derivationally related form | sack → sack |
| Derivationally related form | firing → fire |
| Derivationally related form | dismission → dismiss |
| Also see | send → send away |
| Hypernym | retire; pension off; clean out; furlough, lay off; squeeze out; dismiss, send packing, send away, drop |
| Hyponym | remove |
| Antonym | hire → fire |
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