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English to English noun
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the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired |  | source: wordnet30
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a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine | | source: wordnet30
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a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path | | source: wordnet30
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a miscalculation that recoils on its maker | | source: wordnet30
verb
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come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | | Example: Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
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emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire | | Example: My old car backfires all the time
source: wordnet30
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set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire | | source: wordnet30
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To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine. | | source: webster1913
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