vverb.socialstop associating withSynset:dismiss drop send packing
Examples:- They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
Hypernyms:can dismiss displace fire force out give notice give the axe give the sack sack send away terminate
Inherited Hypernyms:dismissdisplaceremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.socialterminate the employment of; discharge from an office or positionSynset:can dismiss displace fire force out give notice give the axe give the sack sack terminate
Examples:- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
Antonyms:hire
Derivationally Related Form:dismissiblesackfiringsackingdismissaldismission
Hypernyms:remove
Inherited Hypernyms:displaceremove
Direct Hyponyms:clean outdismissdropfurloughlay offpension offretiresend awaysend packingsqueeze out
Full Troponyms:clean outdismissdownsizefurloughpension offretiresqueeze outsuperannuate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: give the axe, give the sack)