backfireEnglish

backfire, backlash, blowback, boomerang, recoil

Noun

The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

English: blowback, backfire

A miscalculation that recoils on its maker

English: backfire, boomerang

A loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

English: backfire

Bahasa: ledakan

1 more noun senses

A fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

English: backfire

Verb

Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

English: backfire, backlash, recoil

Emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

English: backfire

Bahasa: meledak

Set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

English: backfire

Bahasa: meledak

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