Usage of "blowback" | TermGallery

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Unintended consequences of a covert operation that are suffered by the aggressor.

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

Usage of blowback in English

Saudi Arabia is increasingly feeling the heat of the Sunni hardline blowback. 
 The Guardian 

Honor your strength and dig in your heels to weather any blowback. 
 Ebony 

So here I am implementing those things and it's a blowback, he said. 
 Radio NZ 

The blowback from President Obama's interactive town hall has been intense and widespread. 
 Wired 

I was choking on its blowback so I closed my mouth. 
 Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival 

So before you blow the whistle, ponder whether you're ready for the blowback. 
 Wired 

Following the blowback from Republicans, McAnulty later withdrew his support for the Sunday site. 
 Reuters 

Nor did he receive any blowback from family or friends or even his ex-wife. 
 Reuters 

Anticipating blowback over job losses, Abbott offered the following rationale. 
 The Guardian 

But it's comfortable predicting blowback at home from a war halfway around the world. 
 Wired 

And earlier comments by Abrams drew a barrage of skeptical blowback from concerned fans. 
 Wired 

If you're the boob responsible, you are in for some blowback from your crewmates. 
 Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void 

At TGIF that week, executives were ill-prepared for the blowback. 
 Wired 

Briel's actions could cause serious blowback on Keiser and Villejoin. 
 206 Bones 

And you can expect massive blowback over Google's recent admissions of Wi-Fi network spying. 
 Reuters 

Which brings us to the blowback portion of the program. 
 Wired 

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Meanings of blowback in English