abend vs firing

abend

noun
  • The abnormal termination of a program. 

  • Termination of a process prior to completion. 

verb
  • To terminate abnormally. 

firing

noun
  • The dismissal of someone from a job. 

  • Cauterization. 

  • The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery. 

  • The fuel for a fire. 

  • The discharge of a gun or other weapon. 

  • The act of adding fuel to a fire. 

How often have the words abend and firing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )