· terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Synonym(s): displace, fire, can, dismiss, give_the_axe, send_away, sack, force_out, give_the_sack, terminate
Hypernym(s): remove
· inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"
Synonym(s): advise, notify, send_word, apprise, apprize
Hypernym(s): inform