Definitions for blowback
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blowback, backfirenoun

   the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

2. blowbacknoun

   misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blowbacknoun

   A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.

2. blowbacknoun

   An unintended adverse result, especially of a political action.

3. blowbacknoun

   The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).

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1. blowback

   Blowback is a term often used in political, diplomatic, intelligence, or military context to refer to the unintended, often negative, consequences of a covert action, operation, or policy that are suffered by the originating country. It usually happens when such actions backfire, causing harm to that country's own interests. The term can also be used to describe backlash or repercussion in other contexts.

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1. Blowback

   Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge. Several types of blowback systems exist within this broad principle of operation, each distinguished by the level of energy derived through the blowback principle and the methods used to control bolt movement. In most actions that use blowback operation, the breech is not locked mechanically at the time of firing: the inertia of the bolt and recoil spring, relative to the weight of the bullet, delays opening of the breech until the bullet has left the barrel. A few locked breech designs use a form of blowback to perform the unlocking function. Other operating principles for self-loading firearms include blow forward, gas operation, recoil operation, Gatling, and chain. The blowback principle may be considered a simplified form of gas operation, since the cartridge case behaves like a piston driven by the powder gases.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blowback

   1. Escape, to the rear and under pressure, of gases formed during the firing of the weapon. Blowback may be caused by a defective breech mechanism, a ruptured cartridge case, or a faulty primer. 2. Type of weapon operation in which the force of expanding gases acting to the rear against the face of the bolt furnishes all the energy required to initiate the complete cycle of operation. A weapon which employs this method of operation is characterized by the absence of any breech-lock or bolt-lock mechanism.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blowback in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blowback in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of blowback in a Sentence

1. Mark Dubowitz:

   To what extent has Israel's success at going after Quds Force provided President Trump with the confidence that he could do that too and handle the blowback ? if the Israelis can do it, why can't we ?

2. Erik Meyersson:

   The likely target here is instead the HDP. By striking hard at the PKK, the Turkish government is pressuring the HDP to pick a side, either it denounces PKK to end violence, risking political blowback among its Kurdish base, or it adopts a more pro-Kurdish rhetoric, risking the ire of the Turkish public as well as the judiciary, which has a long history of banning Kurdish parties and politicians.

3. Jeetendr Sehdev:

   Focus on what you believe and what you want to create, regardless of the blowback.

4. Lorella Praeli:

   In the Warrant Service Officer( WSO) program, as it is called, sheriffs deputies would receive one day of training. Unlike the more involved 287( g) ICE program, deputies would not interview a detainee to ascertain his or her citizenship and immigration status. Instead, they essentially would file a federal warrant, directing the local jail to hold a criminal alien for 48 hours after the scheduled release until an ICE agent shows up to take custody. It is cheaper and may allow sheriffs to act without violating sanctuary laws. Expect blowback and scrutiny from opponents. This program is just the latest scheme by ICE to enlist local police in its abusive deportation agenda, the agency explicitly aims to subvert the will of local communities that have passed ordinances to prevent exactly this kind of cooperation between police and ICE.

5. Neil Chatterjee:

   I knew when I embarked on this path that there could be blowback, i'm speculating, but if in fact this demotion is the result of blowback, I'm completely at peace with it. I did the right thing. I'm proud of it. I slept great last night.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blowback
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Blowback
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=blowback
5. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf