testfire

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verb

To subject to a test firing.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

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

present singular third person testfires · participle present testfiring · participle past testfired · past testfired

  1. transitiveTo subject to a test firing.
    1 more example

    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 decade ago.

    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

Origin

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