Definition: a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Similar words: failure
Definition: an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
Usage: the surprise party was a complete failure
Definition: an explosion that fails to occur
Similar words: equipment failure, breakdown
Definition: a cessation of normal operation
Usage: there was a power breakdown
Synonyms: misfire
Definition: fail to fire or detonate
Usage: The guns misfired
Similar words: break, break down, die, conk out, go, go bad, give out, give way, fail
Definition: stop operating or functioning
Usage: The engine finally went; The car died on the road; The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town; The coffee maker broke; The engine failed on the way to town; her eyesight went after the accident