Synonyms for blowback
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1. blowback, backfirenoun

   the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

   Synonyms:
   boomerang, backfire

2. blowbacknoun

   misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service

   Synonyms:
   backfire

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1. Erik Meyersson:

   The likely target here is instead the HDP. By striking hard at the PKK, the Turkish government is pressuring the HDP to pick a side, either it denounces PKK to end violence, risking political blowback among its Kurdish base, or it adopts a more pro-Kurdish rhetoric, risking the ire of the Turkish public as well as the judiciary, which has a long history of banning Kurdish parties and politicians.

2. Grant Duwe:

   Part of the blowback with connecting mental illness to mass shootings is the fear that mentally ill people will be stigmatized, that’s what we try to be careful with, most of the people with serious mental illness are not violent.

3. Nathan Sales:

   Any time you impose sanctions, you impose great costs on the target -- but you also have the risk of blowback harms on yourself and on your friends and allies.

4. Herman Cain:

   They might be getting a lot of blowback from some folks, I don't know, but I don't think they're getting uncomfortable with it.

5. Lorella Praeli:

   In the Warrant Service Officer( WSO) program, as it is called, sheriffs deputies would receive one day of training. Unlike the more involved 287( g) ICE program, deputies would not interview a detainee to ascertain his or her citizenship and immigration status. Instead, they essentially would file a federal warrant, directing the local jail to hold a criminal alien for 48 hours after the scheduled release until an ICE agent shows up to take custody. It is cheaper and may allow sheriffs to act without violating sanctuary laws. Expect blowback and scrutiny from opponents. This program is just the latest scheme by ICE to enlist local police in its abusive deportation agenda, the agency explicitly aims to subvert the will of local communities that have passed ordinances to prevent exactly this kind of cooperation between police and ICE.