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dry run
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dry run
n.
rehearsal of a schemed action or planned activity; exercise of firing without live ammunition
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Dry run
Dry run may refer to:
- Dry run (testing), a testing process
- Dry run (terrorism), a test to examine how security will react to an attempted terrorist attack without carrying out the actual act
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dry run
Noun
1. a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding"
(synonym) rehearsal
(hypernym) exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation
(hyponym) dress rehearsal
(classification) concert
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dry run
complete rehearsal, walk through Let's do a dry run of our play so I can add the background music.
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dry run
Synonyms and related words:
Gedankenexperiment, action, air cover, air raid, air support, amphibious operations, audition, bench test, bombing, combined operations, cover, flight test, fluid operations, hearing, logistics, maneuver, maneuvers, military operations, milk run, minor operations, mission, movement, operation, operations, overseas operations, pilot plan, practical test, practice, reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission, rehearsal, road test, scramble, shakedown, shakedown cruise, shuttle raid, sortie, staff work, strafing, test flight, test run, training mission, trial run, tryout, umbrella, war game, war plans, workout,
Gedankenexperiment, action, air cover, air raid, air support, amphibious operations, audition, bench test, bombing, combined operations, cover, flight test, fluid operations, hearing, logistics, maneuver, maneuvers, military operations, milk run, minor operations, mission, movement, operation, operations, overseas operations, pilot plan, practical test, practice, reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission, rehearsal, road test, scramble, shakedown, shakedown cruise, shuttle raid, sortie, staff work, strafing, test flight, test run, training mission, trial run, tryout, umbrella, war game, war plans, workout,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
