Word Forms of "backfire" (5 forms)

Noun

Form	Word
Plural	backfires

Pluralbackfires

Verb

Form	Word
Participle, Past	backfired
Participle, Present	backfiring
Past	backfired
Present, Singular, Third-Person	backfires

Participle, Pastbackfired

Participle, Presentbackfiring

Pastbackfired

Present, Singular, Third-Personbackfires

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