shooting blanks
- firingTerminating employment
- blanksUnfilled spaces on forms
- impotentLacking power or efficacy
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
empty · dud · misfire · cartridge · prop · movie · stunt · revolver · gunfire · barren · fruitless · ineffective · sperm · vasectomy · childless · rehearsal · theatrical · noise
effectiveness/impact
shooting blanksgetting results
effective · successful · firing on all cylinders · nailing it