misfire

Speech parts

1. misfire - Noun

2. misfire - Verb

Meaning

a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

an explosion that fails to occur

fail to fire or detonate

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

miss dud slip failure error bomb tank collapse fail founder mistake fold break down miscarriage abort
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Antonyms

work click achieve advance arrive deliver
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Hypernyms

break failure die fail breakdown break down

Examples

The guns misfired Source: Internet

A rare misfire by the Ravens. Source: Internet

In most hands it would prove a grotesque misfire. Source: Internet

But the pressure they are mounting on Paneerselvam may misfire for the AIADMK party,” said a DMK senior politician, who did not wish to be named. Source: Internet

Some theories say that these rare Drow may have accidentally been sent there during a plane shifting spell or related magic, a misfire as like as not that is corrected before the respective timelines are tampered with too drastically. Source: Internet

These weapons were vastly more reliable than the muzzle-loading weapons of the Civil War, which would frequently misfire and cause the soldier to uselessly load multiple rounds on top of each other in the heat of battle. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

misfilter misfinger misfingered misfirer misfiring misfit