Blowback
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
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Wordset Dictionary
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- backfire
- plural
- Blowbacks
- possessive
- Blowback's
- pluralpossessive
- Blowbacks'