Fail to go off properly

Usage examples of misfire.

This was another crucial part of the process: tamped too firmly, the flame could not pass through the charge and a misfire was inevitable, but not tamped firmly enough, and the black powder would burn without the power to hurl the heavy projectile clear of the barrel.

For no one could understand how the entire Iraiti Air Force and its rocketry units could misfire simultaneously.

Though fearing her magic might misfire, she had no choice except to rely upon it.

Of course the rule misfires in domestic or farm situations when a hen is made to sit on eggs not her own, even turkey or duck eggs.

The buildings lining the street were scorched and half-destroyed from the desperate magic that wizards had flung into battle without regard to misfires or precision.

Hsuang said, casting a sidelong glance at the destruction caused by the single misfired bomb.

He got up, removed the shell, propped the shotgun against the bedroom wall, set the misfired shell on the bookcase, took the note down from the back door, and slept for three hours.

As if to illustrate the point, after Ned had fired every one of the heavy guns on board six had misfired and the nearest he had come to striking the floating cask was twenty yards.

Renaissance Guard, to defense minister and had the trembling man drive him to a Scud site south of Abominadad, which had misfired but was still intact.

With luck, the resulting hail would have pounded the riders into bits provided, of course, the spell had not misfired disastrously.

Her limbs trembled and her head still throbbed from the effects of her misfired spell.

Oblivious to the misfired spell, Kelemvor, Adon, and Cyric continued to fight.

If the failure had been due to chaos, the magic would likely have misfired somehow.

Though she was still exhausted from the misfired spell, she knew that she had to find a reservoir of strength or drown.

Fatigued from the misfired cone of cold and the struggle in the stream, her body had collapsed into a restorative sleep as soon as immediate danger passed.