backfield
— Noun
– English
~ the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
backfire
— Verb
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~ set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
backfire
— Verb
– English
~ come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"; "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats"
backfire
— Verb
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~ emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"
backfire
— Noun
– English
~ a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
backfire
— Noun
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~ the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
backfire
— Noun
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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
backfire
— Noun
– English
~ a miscalculation that recoils on its maker