blowback
English Thesaurus
1. misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | misinformation, |
| definition | : | information that is incorrect (noun.communication) |
2. the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | blowup, detonation, explosion, |
| definition | : | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | back-blast, backblast, |
| definition | : | backfire from a recoilless weapon (noun.event) |
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