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blowback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | backfire |
| Type of | blowup, detonation, explosion |
| Has types | back-blast, backblast |
blowback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | misinformation |
Examples of blowback
blowback
I believe we're seeing the blowback of the decade-long battle with the sceptics.
From the newscientist.com
It seems no one in McCain's camp was prepared for angry blowback from Catholics.
From the time.com
A blowback over Republican efforts to deinstitutionalize labor might help him here.
From the theatlantic.com
The agency would have its first experience with a phenomenon called blowback.
From the theatlantic.com
Every released detainee has the potential for political and literal blowback.
From the washingtontimes.com
The more liberal Obama's nominee, said political pundits, the stiffer the blowback.
From the bostonherald.com
Some experts worry that its findings were ignored due to political blowback.
From the newsweek.com
The blowback on Avery's video was, in fact, dwarfed by the blowback on the blowback.
From the post-gazette.com
Political blowback from Congress developed under President Johnson, but he resisted.
From the washingtontimes.com
- The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- Misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
- Blowback is the sixth album by Tricky, released in 2001. Like Nearly God, Blowback contains several collaborations, but the album's sound is much brighter and more relaxed by comparison. ...
- The third season of the American drama/adventure television series Alias premiered September 28, 2003 on ABC and concluded May 23, 2004 and was released on DVD in region 1 on September 7, 2004. Guest stars in season three include Vivica A. ...
- Backscatter (also known as outscatter, misdirected bounces, blowback or collateral spam) is incorrect automated bounce messages sent by mail servers, typically as a side effect of incoming spam.
- Blowback is a 2000 film directed by Mark L. Lester.
- Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains power from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the powder charge.Chinn, George M. ...
- Blowback in forensics refers to vacuum effect created in the barrel of a firearm when it is discharged.
- Blowback is the espionage term for the violent, unintended consequences of a covert operation that are suffered by the civil population of the aggressor government. ...
