Fire
Fire verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
Switch on
Switch on verb - Cause to operate by flipping a switch.
Both terms in one sentence
- You switch on, point, wait for the fire control system to give you the loud beep in the headphones meaning it has a positive target lock, and fire.
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Because this... *Misato throws the 'fire' switch on the positron cannon* ...is my seventeen years of f_ing payback!
Source: Fan Fic / Nobody Dies -
At one point in Breath of Fire III, you are asked by a mutant to flip a switch on a conveyor belt to send it into boiling lava to destroy it.
Source: Failed Attempt at Drama
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