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  1. Backfire!

    Backfire! is a 3D rally racing arcade game released by Data East in 1995. Players can choose between 2 fictitious rally cars, "Farco R4 Cup" or "Andula 2.0", and race through 6 stages. It is also possible to play one against another on a split screen.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of backfire! in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of backfire! in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of backfire! in a Sentence

  1. One OPEC source:

    If we are meeting for the sake of meeting, it would backfire.

  2. Will Smith:

    Studios make the decision that if they're going to Comic-Con, they have to bring their A-game, if you don't come with something that's going to get people excited, it could actually backfire ... It's not cheap to make a splash at Comic-Con.

  3. 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.

  4. Adel Abdel Mahdi:

    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.

  5. Eddie Brummelman:

    It's well-intentioned parenting always, parents always want the best for their child, but sometimes they use practices that without their knowing backfire.

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