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Impacted, while passive, seems like a fairly good metaphor for being fired because it calls to mind being hit and possibly crushed to death, as in

"The bicyclists were impacted by the truck."



The truck was in the bike lane, and they needed to use caution when going around?

EDIT: alright, go ahead and change your comment entirely


Impaled?


Imploded.




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