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misfire

noun

1 misfire

An explosion that fails to occur.

synonym: dud.

Dutch: weigering

2 misfire

A failure to hit (or meet or find etc).

synonym: miss.

Dutch: missen, misslag
Polish: chybienie, spudłowanie

verb

1 misfire

Fail to fire or detonate.


Moby thesaurus: abort, abortion, abortive attempt, blow up, come a cropper, come to nothing, dud, explode, fail, fail miserably, failure, fall through, fizz out, fizzle, fizzle out, flop, get nowhere, go amiss, go astray, go phut ... show more.

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