misfire

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Noun misfire has 2 senses

misfire, dud - an explosion that fails to occur
--₁ is a kind of breakdown, equipment failure

Derived form: verb misfire₁
miss, misfire - a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
--₂ is a kind of failure

Verb misfire has 1 sense

misfire - fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"
--₁ is one way to fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down

Derived form: noun misfire₁
Sample sentence:
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miseries miserliness miserly misery misestimate misestimation misey misfeasance misfire misfit misfit misfits misfortunate misfortune misfortunes misfunction misfurtone

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