Word: backfire

Category: backfire

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Related words: backfire

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Synonyms: backfire

boomerang, blowback

Translations: backfire

backfire in spanish

Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
petardear, contraproducente, ser contraproducente, fracasar, contraproducentes

backfire in german

Dictionary:
german
Translations:
fehlzündung, auspuffknall, gegenfeuer, Fehlzündung, hinten losgehen, nach hinten losgehen

backfire in french

Dictionary:
french
Translations:
pétarader, échouer, contre-feu, retourner, retourner contre, se retourner contre, se retourner

backfire in italian

Dictionary:
italian
Translations:
ritorno di fiamma, fallire, ritorcersi contro, ritorcersi, controproducente

backfire in portuguese

Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
produzir efeitos negativos, sair pela culatra, tiro pela culatra, um tiro pela culatra, voltar contra

backfire in dutch

Dictionary:
dutch
Translations:
terugslaan, averechts werken, averechts, averechts effect, een averechts effect

backfire in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
обратная вспышка, иметь неприятные последствия, неприятные последствия, иметь неприятные, обратный

backfire in norwegian

Dictionary:
norwegian
Translations:
slå tilbake, back, tilbakeslag

backfire in swedish

Dictionary:
swedish
Translations:
slå tillbaka, slå, backfiren, att slå tillbaka

backfire in finnish

Dictionary:
finnish
Translations:
kostautua, epäonnistua, kostautuu

backfire in danish

Dictionary:
danish
Translations:
give bagslag, bagslag, giver bagslag

backfire in czech

Dictionary:
czech
Translations:
selhat, vymstít, kontraproduktivní, obrátit proti, opačný účinek

backfire in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
spalić na panewce, samozapłon, rykoszetem, odwrotny skutek

backfire in hungarian

Dictionary:
hungarian
Translations:
visszaüthet, visszafelé sül, visszafelé sül el, sül el, visszaégés

backfire in turkish

Dictionary:
turkish
Translations:
geri teper, teper, geri tepebilir, geri teperek

backfire in greek

Dictionary:
greek
Translations:
πρόωρος ανάφλεξη, εκρήγνυμαι πρόωρα, μπούμερανγκ, να αποτύχει, στραφεί εναντίον

backfire in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
зворотна, Зворотний, Зворотній, зворотня, обернена

backfire in albanian

Dictionary:
albanian
Translations:
dështoj, dështojnë, të dështojnë, dështonin, të dështonin

backfire in bulgarian

Dictionary:
bulgarian
Translations:
аванс, обратен ефект, обърне, обърне срещу, се обърне срещу

backfire in belarusian

Dictionary:
belarusian
Translations:
зваротная, зваротны, адваротная, адваротны, Обратная

backfire in estonian

Dictionary:
estonian
Translations:
tagasilöök, Kostautua, tagasilöögi anda, anda vastupidise, anda vastupidise tulemuse

backfire in croatian

Dictionary:
croatian
Translations:
povratno paljenje, obiti, obiti o glavu, paljenje, osvetiti

backfire in icelandic

Dictionary:
icelandic
Translations:
aukasprenging

backfire in lithuanian

Dictionary:
lithuanian
Translations:
neigiamos, turėti neigiamos, sukelia neigiamą reakciją, neigiamą reakciją

backfire in latvian

Dictionary:
latvian
Translations:
priekšlaicīga aizdedze, priekšlaicīga, aizdedze, pretēju efektu, negatīvu efektu

backfire in macedonian

Dictionary:
macedonian
Translations:
контраефект, заврши лошо, да заврши лошо, има контраефект, контраудар

backfire in romanian

Dictionary:
romanian
Translations:
efecte inverse, intoarce impotriva, avea efecte inverse, intoarce impotriva ta

backfire in slovenian

Dictionary:
slovenian
Translations:
Nazaj prižiganje, maščevala, prižiganje, grobo delovanje

backfire in slovak

Dictionary:
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.
verb
  • (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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