testfires

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