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Blowback Moderate

Blowback has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

2

misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service

3

A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
explosion misinformation
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
backblast
Rhyming Words
ack cack fack yack lack rack nack mack hack tack zack gack pack back sack wack jack shack slack chack
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