blowback

NOUN
  1. misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
  2. the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
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How To Use blowback In A Sentence

  • This, he opines, is much better than human rights commissions and tribunals which he describes as suffering from "blowback". Archive 2009-05-01
  • In essence, the old CIA term, " blowback ", means that a nation reaps what it sows.
  • The flow of people, goods and ideas across borders makes blowback inevitable.
  • I don't think they were prepared for this kind of blowback in terms of this whole issues of her daughter.
  • For instance, should lawmakers in Washington enact overtly hostile policies that further weaken China's trade-dependent economy, the blowback could be substantial.
  • The US is facing "blowback," attack by those who were formerly allies.
  • The realpolitik executive will be seen as a uniter, will perhaps awe Lieberman into line with the Democrats, and won't provoke much blowback from the Democrats because the target of Lieberman's indiscipline is calling for reconciliation. Discourse.net: Call Your Senator about Lieberman (UPDATED)
  • Blowback exists in absolutely every aspect of life, because nothing comes without unintended consequences.
  • Don't think the change will come without a political blowback, though.
  • Peter tossed another fistful into the foam, staying out of the blowback as wind sang over the waves. DEAD LINES
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