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Noun, Verb (intransitive)

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back=fire

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun backfire has 4 senses

backfire(n = noun.event) blowback - the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired;

is a kind of blowup, detonation, explosion

has particulars: back-blast, backblast

backfire(n = noun.event) - a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine;

Derived form verb backfire₂

backfire(n = noun.event) - a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path;

is a kind of

fire

backfire(n = noun.act) boomerang - a miscalculation that recoils on its maker;

is a kind of miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning

Derived form verb backfire₁

Verb backfire has 3 senses

backfire(v = verb.social) backlash, recoil - come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

is one way to come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place

Derived form noun backfire₄

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

backfire(v = verb.perception) - emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"

Derived form noun backfire₂

Sample sentence:
The cars backfire down the avenue

backfire(v = verb.change) - set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire;

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

backfire,

A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also called a knock or ping. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

backfire, v. i.

To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Of a Bunsen or similar air-fed burner, to light so that the flame proceeds from the internal gas jet instead of from the external jet of mixed gas and air. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

backfire, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of an internal-combustion engine.
2 (of a plan etc.) rebound adversely on the originator; have the opposite effect to what was intended.
--n. an instance of backfiring.

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THESAURUS

backfire

backlash, backlashing, balefire, bang, beacon, beacon fire, blast, blaze, blow out, blow up, blowout, blowup, bonfire, boom, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, burning ghat, burst, bust, campfire, cannon, cannon off, carom, cheerful fire, combustion, come to grief, comeback, conflagration, contrecoup, corposant, counterattack, counterblast, counterblow, counterfire, counterinsurgency, countermeasure, counterrevolution, counterstep, counterstroke, cozy fire, crackling fire, crematory, death fire, defense, detonate, detonation, discharge, explode, explosion, fall through, fen fire, fire, fizzle, flame, flare, flash, flashing point, flicker, flickering flame, fly back, forest fire, fox fire, fulguration, fulminate, fulmination, funeral pyre, go off, have repercussions, ignis fatuus, ignition, ingle, kick, kick back, kickback, lambent flame, lash back, lay an egg, let off, marshfire, miscarry, miss, open fire, prairie fire, pyre, raging fire, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, repercuss, repercussion, report, repulse, resile, resilience, retort, ricochet, sea of flames, set off, sheet of fire, shoot, signal beacon, smudge fire, snap back, spring, spring back, three-alarm fire, touch off, two-alarm fire, watch fire, wildfire, witch fire

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Insulation

N insulation, fire extinction, insulation, incombustible material, noncombustible material, fire retardant, flame retardant, fire wall, fire door, incombustibility, incombustibleness, extincteur, fire annihilator, amianth, amianthus, earth-flax, mountain-flax, asbestos, fireman, fire fighter, fire eater, fire department, fire brigade, engine company, pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial ladder, bucket, fire hose, fire hydrant, backfire, firebreak, trench, aerial water bombardment, wet blanket, fire extinguisher, soda and acid extinguisher, dry chemical extinguisher, CO-two extinguisher, carbon tetrachloride, foam, sprinklers, automatic sprinkler system, fire bucket, sand bucket, fire alarm, evacuation alarm, fire code, fire regulations, fire, fire inspector, code violation, citation, incombustible, nonflammable, uninflammable, unflammable, fireproof, fight fire with fire.