blowback
pronunciation
How to pronounce blowback in British English:
UK ['bləʊbæk]
How to pronounce blowback in American English:
US ['bloʊbæk]
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- Noun:
- the backward escape of unburned gunpowder after a shot
- misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
Word Origin
- blowback (n.)
- also blow-back, 1883, in reference to flames in enclosed spaces (firearms, furnaces, etc.), from blow (v.1) + back (adv.). Sense in reference to convert actions, etc., is from 1978.
Example
- 1. Every superpower eventually faces blowback .
- 2. Blowback is bitter but revenge is sweet .
- 3. But there are risks of blowback .
- 4. The blowback also has affected chinese air carriers .
- 5. If it pursues this proactive strategy , china can leapfrog centuries of imperialist missteps and avoid " blowback " .