the act of discharging a gun | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field |
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
a formal written statement of relinquishment | something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
the act of venting | a military engagement |
the sudden giving off of energy | an act by a government body or supranational organization |
the pouring forth of a fluid | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism |
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field | In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). |
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | the trait of being active and energetic and forceful |
a substance that is emitted or released | the series of events that form a plot |
| a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| the state of being active |