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Retrofire
Noun
Definitions
1.
Noun
The firing of rockets directed opposite to a craft's direction of motion in order to slow down.
"The spaceship needs to turn around so its retrofire rockets slow it down and put it in a lower orbit."
2.
Verb
To fire rockets of a craft in the direction opposite to its direction of motion in order to slow down.
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