backfire
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
Types & categories
- hap hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
Types & categories
- explosion hypernym
Related & opposite
- backfire derivation
Sense 4 verb
emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
My old car backfires all the time
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Related & opposite
- backfire derivation
Sense 5 noun
a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
Types & categories
- fire hypernym
Sense 6 verb
set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
Types & categories
- burn hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
Types & categories
- miscalculation hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | explosion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | backblast |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | boomerang |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | backlash |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | backfire |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | explosion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | backfire |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fire |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | burn |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | boomerang |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | backfire |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | miscalculation |