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Backfiring

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The occurrence of a backfire. countable, uncountable

    "Backfiring in mercury arc rectifiers has now been pinpointed as the primary cause of the Glasgow transformer failures. […] The chief causes of rectifier backfiring in the Glasgow units were overheating or unfavourable anode/cathode temperature differential; it has proved possible to overcome these, although occasional backfires do still occur."

  2. 2
    A failure that leads to further misfortune. countable, figuratively, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of backfire form-of, gerund, participle, present

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