Cryptic crossword clue
Fire axe 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DISCHARGE

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The straight part

We know that "Fire/axe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fire/axe = discharge.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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What does DISCHARGE mean?

1. Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
2. The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
3. The act of expelling or letting go.
4. The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
5. The process of unloading something.
6. The process of flowing out.
7. The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
8. The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
9. The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
10. The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).

1. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
2. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
3. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
4. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
5. To expel or let go.
6. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
7. To release (an accumulated charge).
8. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
9. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
10. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
11. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
12. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
13. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
14. To give forth; to emit or send out.
15. To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
16. To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
17. To prohibit; to forbid.

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