Hypernyms for "firing"
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Hypernyms
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antiaircraft fire
artillery fire
barrage
barrage fire
battery
bombardment
broadside
burst
call fire
cannon fire
concentrated fire
conge
congee
counterfire
counterpreparation fire
cover
covering fire
crossfire
deactivation
destruction fire
direct fire
dishonorable discharge
distributed fire
fratricide
friendly fire
fusillade
grazing fire
gun
harassing fire
honorable discharge
hostile fire
inactivation
indirect fire
interdiction fire
massed fire
neutralization fire
observed fire
preparation fire
radar fire
registration fire
removal
salvo
scheduled fire
searching fire
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shelling
superannuation
supporting fire
suppressive fire
unobserved fire
volley
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.