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ready to fire

ADJECTIVE
loaded
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
uncharged unloaded unprimed


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The teenage left-arm quick seems ready to fire at the T20 World Cup, having added muscle to South Africa's battery of pace bowlers alongside Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

This time around the boy math tweets held a level of vim that women on the internet were holding onto and ready to fire off.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2023

Missileers are young military officers who monitor, operate and stand ready to fire the nation’s nuclear warheads - sitting alert in underground launch control centers for shifts that can last from 24 to 48 hours.

From Washington Times • May 2, 2023

These warheads are believed to be in storage facilities, rather than deployed and ready to fire.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2022

I get ready to fire my rhyme line at her.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor




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