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unfiring

unfiring is the present participle and gerund of unfire.

Meaning of unfire

Verb

unfire (third-person singular simple present unfires, present participle unfiring, simple past and past participle unfired)

  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon).
    • You can't unfire a gun.
  2. (transitive) To hire again (a person who was fired).
    • J. J. Jameson: [talking to Peter Parker] Where you been? Looked for you all morning! Why don't you pay your phone bill? Mad scientist goes berserk and we don't have pictures! […] Where were you? Photographing squirrels? You're fired!
      Receptionist: Chief, the planetarium party.
      J. J. Jameson: Oh...2004, Spider-Man 2 (film)

Questions about unfiring

What is unfiring the present participle and gerund of?
Unfiring is the present participle and gerund of unfire.

Words near unfiring in the dictionary

  1. unfire
  2. unfireable
  3. unfired
  4. unfireproof
  5. unfires
  6. unfiring
  7. unfirm
  8. unfirmamented
  9. unfirmly
  10. unfirmness
  11. unfishable

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