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Recocked vs Decocked - What's the difference?

recocked | decocked |

As verbs the difference between recocked and decocked

is that recocked is past tense of recock while decocked is past tense of decock.

recocked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (recock)

    • recock

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cock (a firearm) again.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 17, author=Theo Emery, title=Killed in a Duel, Then Lost in the Earth, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He recocked , fired again, and hit his adversary's abdomen. Mr. Dickinson bled to death over many hours, in terrible agony, according to accounts. }}

    decocked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (decock)

    • decock

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to uncock, let down the cock of (a firearm)