| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HANGFIRE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Aerospace | A faulty condition in the ignition system of a rocket engine. (references) | ||
| Mining | An explosive charge that is not properly detonated and burns and may eventually result in a detonation at some nondetermined time. See also: hung shot. (references) | ||
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| Hangfire | 6 | Hangfire | 6 | |
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