Engage and Fire

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Engage

Engage verb - To provide with a paying job.
Usage example: the wealthy couple are looking to engage a handyman to take care of the estate
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Fire is an antonym for engage in topics: employ, attack, use, engross, interconnect.
Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

Fire

Fire verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Usage example: fired the secretary for incompetence
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Engage is an antonym for fire.
Nearby Words: fired, fireball, firing, fireside, fireplace
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Common collocations

number engage number fire number
time engage time fire time
way engage way fire way
ship engage ship fire ship
Other words: anyone, times, missiles.

Both words in one sentence

  • Ejection Seat Q: Because if you do, you'll release this section of the roof, and engage and fire the passenger ejector seat. Whoosh!
    Source: Ejection Seat
  • Series / Star Trek: Enterprise Andorians fire blue particle weapons (hardly surprising), and any enemy they engage, be it Klingons, Xindi, future-Nazis or even Vulcans, fire green beams and torpedoes.
    Source: Series / Star Trek: Enterprise
  • Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown Seekers seem to be spotty on their AI, sometimes choosing not to engage any of your soldiers even when they're under fire from their own allies, or suddenly attacking when the immediate area is clear of enemies and your whole team is on Overwatch (specifically waiting for a Seeker attack).
    Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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