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blow back

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blow·back   (blō'bāk')   
n.  
  1. The backpressure in an internal-combustion engine or a boiler.

  2. Powder residue that is released upon automatic ejection of a spent cartridge or shell from a firearm.

  3. The effect caused by recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service in an effort to mislead the government of another country.

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