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backlash::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rebound, recoil, repercussion |
| Type of | motion, movement |
| Has types | carom, ricochet, bounce, bouncing, resilience, resiliency |
backlash::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | reaction |
| Has types | whitelash, white backlash |
there was a backlash of intolerance.
Examples of backlash
backlash
The resulting cacophony of horns, day and night, drew a backlash from residents.
From the ocregister.com
Those goals are threatened by a political backlash, unless China changes course.
From the online.wsj.com
A major issue in the decision is reportedly the fear of a backlash from the WGA.
From the upi.com
Labour's Hugh Bailey will also feel the backlash for Labour's failure to listen.
From the yorkpress.co.uk
While the people love solar, the big end of town doesn't and the backlash is on.
From the smh.com.au
Rafferty says the groups involved expect no substantial backlash over their ads.
From the cnn.com
He said if Pavlov's bill is approved, it will cause a backlash in the community.
From the freep.com
The move was condemned internationally, but led to a backlash from some Chinese.
From the voanews.com
Sometimes the right thing to do will spawn backlash, and we should do it anyway.
From the time.com
- Backfire: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
- Recoil: a movement back from an impact
- An adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"
- Backlash is a 1956 Technicolor film released by Universal-International Pictures. It was directed by John Sturges (with whom Widmark would also make another western The Law and Jake Wade), and unfolds in the vein of the psychological Western (a sub-genre that has yielded many films, e.g. ...
- Backlash is a 1986 Australian film directed by Bill Bennett. Police officers Trevor Darling (David Argue) and Nikki Iceton (Gia Carides) escort a young Aboriginal woman Kath (Lydia Miller) to the New South Wales outback to stand trial. ...
- Backlash (2008) was the tenth annual Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on April 27, 2008 at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The event starred wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands.
- Backlash, is the second and final album by American AOR supergroup Bad English, released in 1991.
- In mechanical engineering, backlash, sometimes called lash or play, is clearance between mating components, sometimes described as the amount of lost motion due to clearance or slackness when movement is reversed and contact is re-established. ...
- Backlash is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, his first released on the Atlantic label. It features performances by Hubbard, James Spaulding, Albert Dailey, Bob Cunningham, Otis Ray Appleton and Ray Barretto.
