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Definition of Backfire
1. Noun. The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired.
Exact synonyms: Blowback
Generic synonyms: Blowup, Detonation, Explosion
Specialized synonyms: Back-blast, Backblast
Generic synonyms: Blowup, Detonation, Explosion
Specialized synonyms: Back-blast, Backblast
2. Verb. Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect. "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
Exact synonyms: Backlash, Recoil
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Derivative terms: Backlash
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Derivative terms: Backlash
3. Noun. A loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine.
4. Verb. Emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire. "The cars backfire down the avenue"; "My old car backfires all the time"
5. Noun. A fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path.
Generic synonyms: Fire
6. Verb. Set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire.
7. Noun. A miscalculation that recoils on its maker.
Exact synonyms: Boomerang
Generic synonyms: Miscalculation, Misestimation, Misreckoning
Derivative terms: Boomerang
Generic synonyms: Miscalculation, Misestimation, Misreckoning
Derivative terms: Boomerang
Definition of Backfire
1. v. i. To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine.
Definition of Backfire
1. to result in undesirable consequences [v -FIRED, -FIRING, -FIRES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backfire
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