transitive verb
Definition 1
Dismiss (person).
Source: Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: Michael Ovitz was fired as Walt Disney president in 1996 because "he was a failure", a former top executive testified yesterday.
Source: Financial Times 01/12/2004
Definition 2
Loose, shoot (arrow, spear, etc.).
Source: Invertext
Context: The archers at Crecy fired their arrows in an arching trajectory into the air.
Source: midgleywebpages.com