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Misfire Common

Misfire has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

an explosion that fails to occur

2

a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

3

An act of misfiring.

Verb
1

fail to fire or detonate

"The guns misfired"

2

To fail to discharge properly.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
breakdown failure fail
Rhyming Words
ire aire sire lire dire gire cire pire mire tire vire eire wire hire fire geire noire swire twire adire
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