backfire
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
to set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
to emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
Wordset Dictionary
to come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
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Cognitive
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- backlashrecoil
- pasttense
- backfired
- presentparticiple
- backfiring
- thirdpersonsingular
- backfires
- pastparticiple
- backfired