Commission
Commission verb - To pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty.
Usage example: commissioned him to head the office of veterans affairs
Fire is an antonym for commission in authorize or delegate task topic.
Fire
Fire verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
Commission is an antonym for fire.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Captain Atom had a superb Post-Crisis story by Greg Weisman where the hero, having just resigned his commission, has to rescue some vagrant in a building fire.
Source: Heroic Fire Rescue - The Americans think he's pulled a Bavarian Fire Drill, until Sharon informs them that Ruy really is a captain in the Spanish army; he never resigned or sold his commission.
Source: Literature / 1632 -
This flies in the face of the fact that Iria can shoot energy from her hands, while Ronixis has put aside his starship captain commission to become a powerful Heraldric mage who calls down lightning and fire on his foes.
Source: Flat-Earth Atheist
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Fire or Commission. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/commission/fire.
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