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Firing Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SACKING which was last seen in the Telegraph Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: SACKING

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97%7Exact Match!
noun

• coarse fabric used for bags or sacks

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

96%5Exact Match!
noun

• an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

verb

• chop or split with an ax

• terminate

90%9 Release from service
noun

• the sudden giving off of energy

• the act of venting

• a substance that is emitted or released

• any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• the pouring forth of a fluid

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• a formal written statement of relinquishment

• the act of discharging a gun

verb

• complete or carry out

• pour forth or release

• free from obligations or duties

• remove the charge from

• go off or discharge

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• eliminate (a substance)

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to go off

• release from military service

• become empty or void of its content

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Telegraph Quick02 Apr 2024 Down 13
New York Times18 Mar 1999 Down 48
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