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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired;
[syn: blowback, backfire]

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

blowback \blowback\ n. 1. the backward escape of unburned gunpowder after a shot. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blowback n 1: the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired [syn: blowback, backfire] 2: misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service