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blowback

noun (n)

  • the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    backfire
    source: wordnet30
  • misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
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