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BLOWBACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("blowback" is a kind of...):
misinformation (information that is incorrect)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
Synonyms:
backfire; blowback
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blowback" is a kind of...):
blowup; detonation; explosion (a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blowback"):
back-blast; backblast (backfire from a recoilless weapon)
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