Fired
Plugged
Plugged adjective - Completely obstructed or closed off.
Both words in one sentence
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In the event that Hall, being Hall, had screwed up and gotten himself fired prior to the show, they could simply have plugged Nash into Hall's spot.note Hall DID get canned, but it happened over a month later, following the "Plane Trip from Hell" in May 2002.
- Space Battleship Yamato: In the live action version of the anime (known in the US as Starblazers), the acting ship's Captain Kodai, unable to stop the Gamilas from destroying Earth because their wave motion gun is plugged - which would cause it to blow up the ship if fired - decides to do just that.
Source: Heroic Suicide
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