· an explosion that fails to occur
Synonym(s): dud
Hypernym(s): breakdown, equipment_failure
· a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Synonym(s): miss
Hypernym(s): failure
· fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"
Hypernym(s): fail, go_bad, give_way, die, give_out, conk_out, go, break, break_down