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backlash
[ bak-lash ]
noun
- a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- a strong or violent reaction, as to some social or political change:
a backlash of angry feeling among Southern conservatives within the party.
- Machinery.
- the space between the thickness of a gear tooth and the width of the space between teeth in the mating gear, designed to allow for a film of lubricant, binding from heat expansion and eccentricity, or manufacturing inaccuracies.
- play or lost motion between loosely fitting machine parts.
- Angling. a snarled line on a reel, usually caused by a faulty cast.
verb (used without object)
- to make or undergo a backlash.
backlash
/ ˈbækˌlæʃ /
noun
- a reaction or recoil between interacting worn or badly fitting parts in a mechanism
- the play between parts
- a sudden and adverse reaction, esp to a political or social development
a public backlash against the government is inevitable
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Example Sentences
None of these, though, has inspired quite the same backlash as fluoride.
They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
The state was in a deep recession as Duke galvanized a racial backlash.
Facing a political backlash, they reversed course in 2011 and announced that the military commission process would be restarted.
Vieira dumped his personal Facebook page a few weeks ago, partly in anticipation of more backlash that will come with the show.
But he was sure of its source; it had not been any backlash of the Red caller!
Extrapolating Russian history, it would be reasonable to expect a backlash in the form of a counterrevolution.
As these unpleasant truths emerge, the bitterness, resentment and disillusionment will grow and a backlash will develop.
The backlash of that blast must have caught the majority of the lights also.
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