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misfire

DEFINITIONS OF: misfire

1

v fail to fire or detonate

“The guns misfired”
Type of:
break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad
stop operating or functioning

n an explosion that fails to occur

Synonyms:
dud
Type of:
breakdown, equipment failure
a cessation of normal operation

n a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

Synonyms:
miss
Type of:
failure
an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
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