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Arms malfunction (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misfire

(Other definitions for misfire that I've seen before include "Fail to go off properly" , "failure to make a report?" , "(Of a gun) fail to operate correctly" , "Fail to detonate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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