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MISFIRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Synonyms:
misfire; miss
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("misfire" is a kind of...):
failure (an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An explosion that fails to occur
Synonyms:
dud; misfire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("misfire" is a kind of...):
breakdown; equipment failure (a cessation of normal operation)
Derivation:
misfire (fail to fire or detonate)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they misfire ... he / she / it misfires
Past simple: misfired
Past participle: misfired
-ing form: misfiring
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fail to fire or detonate
Example:
The guns misfired
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "misfire" is one way to...):
break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad (stop operating or functioning)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
misfire (an explosion that fails to occur)
