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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  misfire
       n 1: an explosion that fails to occur [syn: dud]
       2: a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) [syn: miss]
       v : fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  misfire
     n.
     1 An act of #Verb.
     2 (lb en figurative) A failure.
     vb.
     1 (lb en firearm) To fail to discharge properly.
     2 (lb en of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
     3 (lb en by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  misfire
     n.
     1 An act of #Verb.
     2 (lb en figurative) A failure.
     vb.
     1 (lb en firearm) To fail to discharge properly.
     2 (lb en of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
     3 (lb en by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  misfire
     n.
     1 An act of #Verb.
     2 (lb en figurative) A failure.
     vb.
     1 (lb en firearm) To fail to discharge properly.
     2 (lb en of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
     3 (lb en by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  misfire
     n.
     1 An act of #Verb.
     2 (lb en figurative) A failure.
     vb.
     1 (lb en firearm) To fail to discharge properly.
     2 (lb en of an engine) To fail to ignite in the proper sequence.
     3 (lb en by extension) To fail to achieve the anticipated result.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  misfire
     Englanti n.
     1 laukeamaton patruuna
     2 moottorin katkominen
     Englanti vb.
     1 jäädä laueta
     2 epäonnistua
     3 (''moottorista'') katkoa

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Misfire /mˈɪsfaɪə/
  خلل الإشعال

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  misfire /mˈɪsfaɪə/ 
  selhat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  misfire /mˈɪsfaɪə/
  Fehlzündung  [auto]
     Synonym: backfire
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  misfire /mˈɪsfaɪə/ 
  fehlzünden  [auto]
     Synonym: backfire
  
   see: misfiring, backfiring, misfired, backfired
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  misfire /mˈɪsfaɪə/
  
  αφλογιστία

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  misfire /mˈɪsfaɪə/ 
  1. गलत~चल जाना
        "The gun misfired accidentally."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  misfire /mˈɪsfaɪə/
  otkaz, zakazati, zatajiti, zatajivanje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  misfire /mˈɪsfaɪə/
  1. nem robbant lövés
  2. elhibázott lövés
  3. hibás gyújtás
  4. gyújtáskihagyás
  5. rosszul égetett tégla

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  misfire /ˌmɪsˈfaɪə/ 
    nie wypalać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  misfire //mɪsˈfaɪ(ɹ)// //ˈmɪs.faɪ(ɹ)// //ˈmɪs.faɪ.ɚ// 
  feltändning, snedtändning
  To fail to ignite in the proper sequence

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  misfire /mˈɪsfaɪə/
  1. ateş almamak (tüfek veya torpil)
  2. hedefe isabet ettirememek
  3. ateş almama.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/mɪsˈfaɪɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 不发火,不点火;
  n. 不发火,不点火;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi. 不发火,不点火
     n. 不发火,不点火

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