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English noun: blowback

1. blowback (event) the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired


Synonymsbackfire


Broader (hypernym)blowup, detonation, explosion


Narrower (hyponym)back-blast, backblast

2. blowback (communication) misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service


Broader (hypernym)misinformation









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