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testfire

testfire verb: to subject to a test firing.

Verb

testfire (third-person singular simple present testfires, present participle testfiring, simple past and past participle testfired)

  1. (transitive) To subject to a test firing.
    • The test of an antisatellite weapon last week, which Beijing declined to confirm or deny Friday despite widespread news coverage and diplomatic inquiries, was perceived by East Asia experts as China’s most provocative military action since it testfired missiles off the coast of Taiwan more than a...2007 January 20, Joseph Kahn, “China Shows Assertiveness in Weapons Test”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Forms of testfire

third-person singular presenttestfires
present participletestfiring
past participletestfired
pasttestfired

Origin of testfire

From test + fire.

Questions about testfire

What does testfire mean?
Testfire means to subject to a test firing.
What part of speech is testfire?
Testfire is a verb.
What is the past tense of testfire?
The past tense of testfire is testfired.

Words near testfire in the dictionary

  1. testerns
  2. testers
  3. testes
  4. testest
  5. testeth
  6. testfire
  7. testfired
  8. testfires
  9. testfiring
  10. testibiopalladite
  11. testical

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