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Fizzling Firework Crossword Clue

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99%3Exact Match!
noun

• someone who is unsuccessful

• an explosion that fails to occur

• an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

adjective satellite

• failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive

36%10Fizzling out
noun

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

verb

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

36%6Fizzling out or petering out
adjective

• Haywire, amiss.

interjection

• Exclamation representing an explosion or abrupt occurrence.

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