When and why did "fire" become the term used for terminating one's employment?
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My guess = the explosion upon combustion?
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One of the meanings of "to fire" is "to shoot or discharge (a gun, bullet, etc.)". The meaning "to dismiss from a position; discharge" is a pun on that earlier meaning. It is first recorded 1885 in Amer.Eng.. 1) "The v. sense of "sack, dismiss" is first recorded 1885 in Amer.Eng., probably from a play on the two meanings of discharge: "to dismiss from a position," and "to fire a gun," the second sense being from "set fire to gunpowder," attested from 1530." Source and further information: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fire 2) "transitive verb fired, fir′·ing to apply fire to; make burn; ignite to supply with fuel; tend the fire of to fire a furnace to bake (bricks, pottery, etc.) in a kiln to dry by heat to make bright or illuminate, as if by fire to animate or inspire to excite, stimulate, or inflame: often with up to shoot or discharge (a gun, bullet, etc.) to make explode by igniting to hurl or direct with force and suddenness fire a rock, fire questions ☆ Etymology: pun on discharge to dismiss from a position; discharge" Source and further information: http://www.yourdictionary.com/fire
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