Backfire synonyms
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Part of speech:
To return to the starting point.
(Figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
strike back
(Intransitive) To retaliate
fly back
To go awry
spring-back
To recoil
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To fail to attain an intended goal, as a plan or project.
To cause or set off a backlash.
surprise (related)
Surprise is defined as to cause someone to feel amazed at something unexpected, do or say something unintentional.
(Idiomatic) To recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.
To cause to burst:
To throw forth lava, water, steam, etc., as a volcano or geyser
(Intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
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(Military) To operate upon by ricochet firing.
explode (related)
To break forth noisily
fail (related)
To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately:
To get a place to sleep temporarily
To fall or drop in this way
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Negative repercussions affecting a country whose government has undertaken a usually clandestine intelligence operation in another country.
backlashing
Present participle of backlash.
A work that strongly refutes or criticises another.
A revolution whose aim is the deposition and reversal of a political or social system set up by a previous revolution.
counterstroke
A blow given in return.
scupper (related)
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come-unstuck (related)
back-fired (related)
Find another word for backfire. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for backfire, like: boomerang, recoil, rebound, strike back, kick-back, fly back, spring-back, miscarry, backlash, surprise and bounce back.
