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   • dar errado, explodir, sair pela culatra… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! BACKFIRE definition: 1. (of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended: 2. (of an engine) to make a….

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   Who is backfire?

   • This is a local band out of Lewis County and has been performing professionally since 2000. Backfire plays a wide variety of high energy country music, classic rock, southern rock and even a few blues tunes. They focus on songs that are most popular in addition to a mixture of driving originals.

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   What is a backfire effect?

   • an explosion coming out of the breech of a firearm. a fire started intentionally to check the advance of a forest or prairie fire. Providing the facts decreased concerns about fraud among Democrats, but increased them among Republicans—a classic backfire effect. Research on the backfire effect is mixed, and some studies suggest it happens rarely.

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   What is a backfire & how does it work?

   • A backfire or back burn is a fire that is set deliberately in the path of an oncoming fire. As it burns, it consumes fuel, thereby depriving the primary fire of tinder when it reaches the site. When the technique is executed correctly, it stops a wildfire in its tracks, or confines it, making it much easier to control.

   In Firefighting, what is a Backfire? - WiseGEEK

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   The meaning of BACKFIRE is to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect. How to use backfire in a sentence. to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect; to make or undergo a backfire…

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   verb (used without object) , back·fired, back·fir·ing. (of an internal-combustion engine) to have a loud, premature explosion in the intake manifold. to bring a result opposite to that which was planned or expected: The plot backfired. Synonyms: bomb, flop, boomerang, miscarry.

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   Definition of backfire. as in to collapse. to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. collapse. flop. boomerang. struggle. fold. wane. slip. flunk. wash out. flounder. slump. decline.

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   3 days ago · backfire in British English. (ˌbækˈfaɪə ) verb (intransitive) 1. (of an internal-combustion engine) to emit a loud noise as a result of an explosion in the inlet manifold or exhaust system. 2. (of an endeavour, plan, etc) to have an unwanted effect on its perpetrator. his plans backfired on him.

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   Check pronunciation: backfire. Definition of backfire verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.