misfire

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an explosion that fails to occur
• Syn:
dud
• Hypernyms:
breakdown, equipment failure
2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
• Syn:
miss
• Derivationally related forms:
miss (for: miss)
• Hypernyms:
failure

II - verb

fail to fire or detonate (Freq. 1)
- The guns misfired
• Hypernyms:
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out,
conk out, go, break, break down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  miss, dud