Plural of firing; instances of dismissing someone from a job, shooting guns, or heating something in a kiln.
From 'fire' (verb) with '-ing' gerund suffix (from Old English '-ung'), then pluralized with '-s'. Multiple instances of the action of firing.
The word 'firings' shows how versatile 'fire' is as a verb—it can mean dismissing an employee, shooting a weapon, igniting something, or ceramics kilns all at once, which is why context matters so much in English.
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