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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. stop associating with;
- Example: "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
[syn: dismiss, send packing, send away, drop]

2. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
- Example: "The boss fired his secretary today"
- Example: "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
[syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

send away
    v 1: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a
         child out of wedlock" [syn: dismiss, send packing,
         send away, drop]
    2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
       position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
       terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire,
       give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away,
       sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant:
       employ, engage, hire]