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   Mis·fire

   verb

   • 1. (of a gun or missile) fail to discharge or fire properly.
   • ▪ (of an internal combustion engine) undergo failure of the fuel to ignite correctly or at all: "the car would misfire occasionally from the cold"
   • ▪ (especially of a plan) fail to produce the intended result: "the killer didn't know that his plan had misfired"
   • ▪ (of a nerve cell) fail to transmit an electrical impulse at an appropriate moment.

   noun

   • 1. a failure of a gun or missile to fire correctly or of fuel in an internal combustion engine to ignite: "the weapons are to be replaced because of problems with misfires"

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