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out-of-battery

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Adjective

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out-of-battery (not comparable)

  1. (weaponry) In firearms and artillery, having a condition in which a live round is at least partially in the firing chamber and capable of being fired, but is not properly secured by the usual mechanism of that particular weapon.
    An out-of-battery discharge can produce a catastrophic failure of the weapon.

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