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backfire

Length / number of characters: 8
Number of words: 1

  • the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
  • a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
  • a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
  • a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
  • come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
  • emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
  • set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

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