Wiktionary
a. Describing rockets that are directed opposite to the direction of motion and used to slow down.
Usage examples of "retrofire".
Slowly, the rotation of the meteoroid was being stopped, and the retrofire lasted longer.
The Israelis are going crazy trying to compute retrofire to compensate.
They are scheduled to retrofire and return to an orbit around Earth on March 26.
When the initial burst of retrofire was finished, the pilot turned the ship to give his passengers a panoramic view of Mars.
At precisely the correct moment she rolled the lander on its back and commenced retrofire, falling toward the dark predawn.
Waiting in endless anticipation for separation retrofire, which was truly the worst part of the trip.
Angus Quiller, the pilot, leaned forward, all his attention on the retrofire readout.
The road ahead lit up blue-white with their retrofire, and the poor darlings found themselves about half a klick downroad from us.
It was far enough away that the thundering retrofires of the konish orbital landers were only a distant rumble carried on the prevailing winds.
He retrofired against his forward vector, halting smartly at the mouth of the gaping hatch, hooked a foot on the hatch rim, and pulled himself into the rectangular opening.
Commander Carmichael the alien ship just deployed and retrofired two objects, probably landing modules.
Russian settled back in his acceleration couch and released a long-held breath before ordering the ship turned around to commence the retrofiring that would bring him into position to cover the displacement point in case any chance Korvaash traffic should pass through.
They found the probe hunkered in sharp shadows, footpads fused with the ice softened by retrofiring altitude thrusters.