"dry fire" meaning in English

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      "form": "dry fired",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "ref": "2009, Debra Parmley, A Desperate Journey, →ISBN, page 32:",
          "text": "Rob finished cleaning his empty gun then pointed it at an imaginary target and dry fired.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To discharge a weapon without ammunition in the chamber."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "discharge",
          "discharge"
        ],
        [
          "ammunition",
          "ammunition"
        ],
        [
          "chamber",
          "chamber"
        ]
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        "(firearms) To discharge a weapon without ammunition in the chamber."
      ],
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        "engineering",
        "firearms",
        "government",
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        "natural-sciences",
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        "tools",
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        "weaponry"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Archery",
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      "glosses": [
        "To draw and release a bow without an arrow loaded."
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          "archery",
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        [
          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release"
        ],
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
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          "arrow",
          "arrow"
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        "(archery) To draw and release a bow without an arrow loaded."
      ],
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        "archery",
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
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      "word": "dryfire"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dry-fire"
    }
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  "word": "dry fire"
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      "form": "dry fires",
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        "present",
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      "form": "dry firing",
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    {
      "form": "dry fired",
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          "discharge"
        ],
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        ],
        [
          "chamber",
          "chamber"
        ]
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        "(firearms) To discharge a weapon without ammunition in the chamber."
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        "To draw and release a bow without an arrow loaded."
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          "draw",
          "draw"
        ],
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          "bow",
          "bow"
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        "(archery) To draw and release a bow without an arrow loaded."
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