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backfire

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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to set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

Classifications

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Variants

6 surface forms

synonym: backlashrecoil
pasttense: backfired
presentparticiple: backfiring
thirdpersonsingular: backfires
pastparticiple: backfired

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