blowback

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[ˈbləʊbak], (Noun)

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- a process in which gases expand or travel in a direction opposite to the usual one, especially through escape of pressure or delayed combustion

- the unintended adverse results of a political action or situation
(e.g: this is the blowback from all those aggressive public health campaigns)


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries