Converse of object

• cease: Captain Phillips our Officer must have thought that's enough and gave the order to cease firing and pull back.

• commence: The Captain of the gun is shown with outstretched lanyard in hand waiting for the order to " commence firing " .

Adjective modifier

• bisque: After the initial bisque firing I use actual leaves to produce a surface pattern during the final smoking process.

• neuronal: The transduction of mechanical stimuli into afferent neuronal firing is still poorly understood.

• neural: Neural firing appears to be the basis of neural functioning.

• repetitive: This in turn, may help prevent excessively rapid and repetitive firing of electrical signals.

Preposition: on

• cylinder: Post To Wire finds the band firing on all cylinders, creating a rich tapestry of rock delight.

Modifies a noun

• squad: He was to be executed by a firing squad of his own comrades.

• pin: The firing pin is part of the hammer face.

• voltage: In the example above the firing voltage is 57 % higher than the previous example.

Preposition: in

• kiln: Then it would be given an initial ( cookie ) firing in the kiln.

Preposition: of

• neuron: How can the firing of objective neurons give rise to a subjective world?

• kiln: Fri 12 th Sept We have agreed to pay for an archaeomagnetic dating to establish the date of the last firing of the kiln.

• cannon: For several nights past I have expected to be roused by the firing of cannon.

Noun used with modifier

• raku: In 1997 I began a change of direction to figurative work and raku firing.

• kiln: For most kiln firings, the greatest time factor is waiting for the kiln to cool.

• musket: You will get the opportunity not only drive tanks and missile carriers but also take part in musket firing and all things military.

• cannon: The use of heavy cannon firing at long range changed all of that.

• neuron: It was early, I only had a few neurons firing, and they evidently hadn't got their act together yet.

• artillery: Both locations have a history of Iraqi antiaircraft artillery firing on coalition jets.