This is the 6247th most frequent Russian word.
увольнять
To dismiss or fire (from a job).
Used in the context of laying off employees due to external reasons.
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 sense of dismissing someone from their job.
Я не хочу увольнять этого сотрудника.
I do not want to fire this employee.
Used to describe a person's fear of job termination.