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n.

The backpressure in an internal-combustion engine or a boiler.
Powder residue that is released upon automatic ejection of a spent cartridge or shell from a firearm.
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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blowback
noun
1.	the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
2.	misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service