No. 6,247 in Russian
увольнять
To dismiss or fire (from a job).
In a sentence
Я не хочу увольнять этого сотрудника.
I do not want to fire this employee.
Used in the sense of dismissing someone from their job.
Руководство решило увольнять часть работников из-за кризиса.
The management decided to lay off part of the workers due to the crisis.
Used in the context of laying off employees due to external reasons.
Он всегда боится, что его могут уволить.
He is always afraid that he might be fired.
Used to describe a person's fear of job termination.
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