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backfire, v.
(backfired, backfires, backfiring)

set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
<verb.change>

backfire

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hypernym

burn, burn down, fire

emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
<verb.perception>

backfire

sample sentences

"My old car backfires all the time"

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The cars %s down the avenue

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derivationally related form

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hypernym

make noise, resound, noise

come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
<verb.social>

backfire backlash recoil

sample sentences

"Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
"the political movie backlashed on the Democrats"

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derivationally related form

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derivationally related form

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hypernym

happen, occur, take place, go on, pass, come about, hap, pass off, fall out