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Fire Dianas shot off target (7)

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dismiss

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'fire' is the definition.
(I know that fire can be written as dismiss)

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(Other definitions for dismiss that I've seen before include "Reject, send away" , "Fire - cashier" , "Drop" , "military order" , "P45" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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