dehire

American

[dee-hahyuhr] / diˈhaɪər /

Or de-hire

verb (used with object)

dehired, dehiring

to discharge from employment; fire, especially at the executive level and generally with an attempt to be tactful.

First recorded in 1965–70; de- + hire

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