About The Word Backfire

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Backfire

Backfire Meaning & Definition
Backfire Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Backfire?

[n] a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
[n] a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
[v] set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
[v] emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire, as of cars
[v] have an unexpected and undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Backfire: backlash | boomerang

Related Terms | Find terms related to Backfire: backlash | backlashing | balefire | bang | beacon | beacon fire | blast | blaze | blow out | blow up | blowout | blowup | bonfire | boom | boomerang | bounce | bounce back | bound | bound back | burning ghat | burst | bust | campfire | cannon | cannon off | carom | cheerful fire | combustion | come to grief | comeback | conflagration | contrecoup | corposant | counterattack | counterblast | counterblow | counterfire | counterinsurgency | countermeasure | counterrevolution | counterstep | counterstroke | cozy fire | crackling fire | crematory | death fire | defense | detonate | detonation | discharge | explode | explosion | fall through | fen fire | fire | fizzle | flame | flare | flash | flashing point | flicker | flickering flame | fly back | forest fire | fox fire | fulguration | fulminate | fulmination | funeral pyre | go off | have repercussions | ignis fatuus | ignition | ingle | kick | kick back | kickback | lambent flame | lash back | lay an egg | let off | marshfire | miscarry | miss | open fire | prairie fire | pyre | raging fire | rebound | rebuff | recalcitrate | recalcitration | recoil | repercuss | repercussion | report | repulse | resile | resilience | retort | ricochet | sea of flames | set off | sheet of fire | shoot | signal beacon | smudge fire | snap back | spring | spring back | three-alarm fire | touch off | two-alarm fire | watch fire | wildfire | witch fire

See Also | backblast | burn | burn down | detonation | explosion | fire | make noise | miscalculation | misestimation | misreckoning | noise | oppose | react | resound

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