BLOWBACKS Synonyms

• a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

• return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

• an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

• the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

• having important effects or influence

• a return blow; a retaliatory blow

• (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

• an idea evoked by some experience

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

• (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body

• a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude

• extreme conservatism in political or social matters

• doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like

• a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

• an instance of driving away or warding off

• reject outright and bluntly

• force or drive back

• a remote or indirect consequence of some action

• a movement back from an impact

• a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

• action taken in return for an injury or offense

• the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

• any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

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

• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire