blowback
noun /ˈbləʊbæk/
/ˈbləʊbæk/
[uncountable, countable]- (specialist) a process in which gases expand or travel in a direction that is opposite to the usual one
- blowback gas
- Blowback may be caused by a defective mechanism.
- (especially North American English) the results of a political action or situation that are not what was intended or wanted
- The policy has led to blowback.
- The war created a ferocious blowback.