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Backfire

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

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

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