What are some opposite words for backfire?
Antonyms for backfire
ˈbækˌfaɪərback·fire
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term backfire.
Princeton's WordNet
blowback, backfirenoun
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
backfirenoun
a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
backfirenoun
a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
backfire, boomerangverb
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
Synonyms:
throw stick, boomerang, throwing stick, blowbackbackfire, backlash, recoilverb
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
"Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
Synonyms:
rebound, spring, quail, flinch, bound, funk, kick, squinch, ricochet, kick back, cringe, bounce, backlash, wince, recoil, resile, reverberate, take a hop, shrinkbackfireverb
emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
"My old car backfires all the time"
backfireverb
set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
How to use backfire in a sentence?
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:
My problem isn't that I don't understand what they're doing, i think my problem is that I think what they're doing is going to backfire and is counterproductive.
It is useless to go to a meeting without deciding up front. We said yes if others are willing to go but we have to decide before, otherwise this will backfire on us. We have to go forward - I think the market needs that but we also look at our partners outside OPEC to do the same.
The potential implementation of federal, heavy-handed quarantine can be problematic and can backfire.
This entire Chantilly Virginia debacle showed one of the weaknesses of Democratic Party which is focusing on their Trump-hate, the same kind of vitriol that they’ve been attacking Rush with since the beginning of the program … They do n’t rely on facts, they just want to smear and discredit their political opponents rather than engage them and it is starting to backfire.
You saw bursts of flames, little flames shooting out from the engine, it almost looked like backfire flames from a motorcycle or car.
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