Word: backfire
Category: backfire
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Related words: backfire
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Synonyms: backfire
boomerang, blowback
Translations: backfire
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spanish
Translations:
petardear, contraproducente, ser contraproducente, fracasar, contraproducentes
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german
Translations:
fehlzündung, auspuffknall, gegenfeuer, Fehlzündung, hinten losgehen, nach hinten losgehen
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french
Translations:
pétarader, échouer, contre-feu, retourner, retourner contre, se retourner contre, se retourner
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italian
Translations:
ritorno di fiamma, fallire, ritorcersi contro, ritorcersi, controproducente
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portuguese
Translations:
produzir efeitos negativos, sair pela culatra, tiro pela culatra, um tiro pela culatra, voltar contra
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dutch
Translations:
terugslaan, averechts werken, averechts, averechts effect, een averechts effect
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russian
Translations:
обратная вспышка, иметь неприятные последствия, неприятные последствия, иметь неприятные, обратный
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norwegian
Translations:
slå tilbake, back, tilbakeslag
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swedish
Translations:
slå tillbaka, slå, backfiren, att slå tillbaka
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finnish
Translations:
kostautua, epäonnistua, kostautuu
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danish
Translations:
give bagslag, bagslag, giver bagslag
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czech
Translations:
selhat, vymstít, kontraproduktivní, obrátit proti, opačný účinek
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polish
Translations:
spalić na panewce, samozapłon, rykoszetem, odwrotny skutek
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hungarian
Translations:
visszaüthet, visszafelé sül, visszafelé sül el, sül el, visszaégés
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turkish
Translations:
geri teper, teper, geri tepebilir, geri teperek
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greek
Translations:
πρόωρος ανάφλεξη, εκρήγνυμαι πρόωρα, μπούμερανγκ, να αποτύχει, στραφεί εναντίον
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ukrainian
Translations:
зворотна, Зворотний, Зворотній, зворотня, обернена
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albanian
Translations:
dështoj, dështojnë, të dështojnë, dështonin, të dështonin
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bulgarian
Translations:
аванс, обратен ефект, обърне, обърне срещу, се обърне срещу
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belarusian
Translations:
зваротная, зваротны, адваротная, адваротны, Обратная
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estonian
Translations:
tagasilöök, Kostautua, tagasilöögi anda, anda vastupidise, anda vastupidise tulemuse
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croatian
Translations:
povratno paljenje, obiti, obiti o glavu, paljenje, osvetiti
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icelandic
Translations:
aukasprenging
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lithuanian
Translations:
neigiamos, turėti neigiamos, sukelia neigiamą reakciją, neigiamą reakciją
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latvian
Translations:
priekšlaicīga aizdedze, priekšlaicīga, aizdedze, pretēju efektu, negatīvu efektu
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macedonian
Translations:
контраефект, заврши лошо, да заврши лошо, има контраефект, контраудар
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romanian
Translations:
efecte inverse, intoarce impotriva, avea efecte inverse, intoarce impotriva ta
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slovenian
Translations:
Nazaj prižiganje, maščevala, prižiganje, grobo delovanje
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slovak
Translations:
zlyhať
The meaning and "use of": backfire
noun
- a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of a vehicle or engine. - My favourites are still the RX7 rotaries, which give magnificent flameouts and backfires from the exhaust when the drivers lift their foot off the accelerator.
- a fire set intentionally to arrest the progress of an approaching fire by creating a burned area in its path, thus depriving the fire of fuel. - Fires were initially started as backfires to blacken areas adjacent to firelines.
- (of an engine) undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust. - a car backfired in the road
- (of a plan or action) rebound adversely on the originator; have the opposite effect to what was intended. - overzealous publicity backfired on her
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