misfire


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Synonyms for misfire

fail

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for misfire

to go wrong, be unsuccessful, or fail to attain a goal

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Synonyms for misfire

an explosion that fails to occur

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a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

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fail to fire or detonate

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"I hoped that the misfire back onto smooth Tarmac, but instead it got worse - so much so that the car almost came to a complete halt a few times.
Section 4 develops a fault diagnosis method using the cosine similarity measure for the misfire fault diagnosis problems of gasoline engines under neutrosophic number environment and demonstrates the effectiveness and rationality of the misfire fault diagnosis method.
There have been plenty of good articles about what happened during the American indie film boom; Misfire tells the story from the perspective of the people that were part of the boom and experienced one of the worst episodes of the bust.
As for the hard primer supposition, try other brands of saboted hunting loads to see if the misfires continue.
"It was a shame about the misfire because at one point I was only a few seconds behind the leaders.
When the engine is running in a light load and is in lean misfire, the erratic loading/ unloading of the crank is impossible to predict.
"The race was gone right from the start, as soon as I had the misfire I knew we were sunk.
Misfire! A numbness instantly flooded my body and I had to struggle not to empty my stomach.
What would trigger such an immune misfire is unclear, but scientists suspect some combination of a person's genetics and exposure to pathogens.
The first XM8 tested fired 15,000 rounds without cleaning or lubrication, without a first misfire, said Col.
That is what the "New Realists" exhibition in 1962 at Sidney Janis Gallery was intended to prove, by comparing the European and American new waves; but the show was a misfire. (Restany would later say that his vision had been watered down by the dealer.) All-powerful in European critical circles but unable to forge good alliances in America, Restany lost his war against New York.
A MIDLAND MP yesterday called on the Government to issue the Royal Marines with US-made M16 rifles to replace 'faulty' weapons which misfire. Michael Fabricant, Tory member for Lichfield, said the SA80 guns used by the Marines were better suited to the Home Counties than war zones.
Vehicle manufacturers often misfire when matching vehicles with demographic groups.
The misfire, which occurred at a firing range that straddles the villages of Tenei and Nishigo in southern Fukushima Prefecture, is thought to have been the result of five ammunition sticks being loaded with the shell instead of two sticks, the GSDF said.