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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun misfire has 2 senses

• misfire(n = noun.event) dud - an explosion that fails to occur; Array
is a kind of breakdown, equipment failure
Derived form verb misfire₁

• misfire(n = noun.event) miss - a failure to hit (or meet or find etc); Array
is a kind of failure

Verb misfire has 1 sense

• misfire(v = verb.competition) Array - fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"
is one way to break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad
Derived form noun misfire₁
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

misfire

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, go wrong, hang up, merry chase, miscarriage, miscarry, miscarrying, miss, miss out, miss stays, miss the boat, miss the mark, poop out, vain attempt, wet squib, wild-goose chase

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