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