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blowback

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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.

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'blowback' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use the word 'blowback' to describe an unintended, often negative, consequence of a particular action. For example, "The company's decision to lay off a quarter of its staff resulted in serious blowback from the public."

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Raffaello Pantucci, author of a history of jihadism in the UK, We Love Death As You Love Life: Britain's Suburban Mujahideen, said such scenes of carnage could lead to blowback in the UK.

"You do not get the same blowback from Syria.

In November, fears of a jihadi "blowback" were fanned by a sectarian attack at al-Ahsa, in the kingdom's eastern province, which killed five people on the Shia religious holiday of Ashura.

Because really, to suggest that the Pentagon or the White House would deliberately — and yes, this is EXACTLY what Republicans are suggesting — prevent special operations forces from rescuing American diplomats BECAUSE they worried about the potential political blowback because they KNEW exactly who was behind it (al Qaida) is — well, it is to suggest that Barack Obama is simply and utterly evil.

But one of the most important tasks of the "golden triangle" is to protect the Queen from political blowback during what can be a delicate moment for the monarch – the transfer of power from one prime minister to another.

Other Muslims I know had hunched shoulders and strained expressions: they knew that blowback was on the way.

I think you could see major blowback against our troops in Afghanistan.

There would probably be "blowback", she told a friend; "I just don't know what that blowback entails".The authorities and jihad-makers were all most extremely sorry.

Though such surrender-and-release deals for prominent jihadists annoy Western governments, especially America's, Yemeni officials say it is better to entice jihadists back into the fold than tackle them head on.In this section The world's most utterly failed state Jangling nerves Jihadist blowback?

In some cases, they are "blowback" from past American actions, such as supporting the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet Union.

Despite their high-minded rhetoric, neither Democrats nor Republicans relish the political blowback that comes with cutting entitlements and tax breaks.

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