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Est. 1828
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'backfiring'
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backfiring
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boomerang
/xx
Noun, Verb
backlash
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
sabotaging
/xxx
Verb
stalling
/x
Noun
exploding
x/x
Verb
revving
/x
Verb
scaring
/x
Verb
sputtering
/xx
Noun
knocking
/x
Verb
alienating
/xxxx
Verb
crashing
/x
Verb
thwarting
/x
Noun
undermining
/xxx
Noun
hurting
/x
Verb
firing
/x
Noun
faltering
/xx
Adjective
damaging
/xx
Adjective
destabilizing
x/xxx
Adjective
ruining
/xx
Verb
blowing
/x
Verb
boosting
/x
Verb
undoing
x/x
Noun
tricking
/x
Verb
gunning
/x
Noun
falling
/x
Verb
spluttering
/xx
Noun
toppling
/xx
Noun
antagonizing
x/xxx
Verb
overreaching
/xxx
Noun
detonating
/xxx
Verb
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
slipping
/x
Verb
losing
/x
Verb
malfunctioning
x/xx
Noun
wooing
/x
Noun
attacking
x/x
Verb
suppressing
x/x
Verb
smacking
/x
Noun
harming
/x
Verb
disintegrating
x/xxx
Noun
choking
/x
Verb
destroying
x/x
Verb
reversing
x/x
Verb
whacking
/x
Verb
pulling
/x
Verb
wrecking
/x
Verb
spoiling
/x
Verb
disastrously
x/xx
Adverb
escalating
/xxx
Noun
collapsing
x/x
Verb
dropping
/x
Verb
unleashing
x/x
Noun
preventing
x/x
Verb
mimicking
/xx
Verb
tripping
/x
Noun
meddling
/xx
Noun
killing
/x
Noun
sticking
/x
Verb
discrediting
x/xx
Noun
messing
/x
Noun
counteracting
xx/x
Verb
retaliating
x/xxx
Verb
getting
/x
Verb
dislodging
x/x
Verb
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
overthrowing
/xxx
Verb
counterproductive
/xxxx
Adjective
misbehaving
xx/x
Noun
goading
/x
Noun
kicking
/x
Verb
escaping
x/x
Verb
plummeting
/xx
Verb
screaming
/x
Verb
detonation
xx/x
Noun
discouraging
x/xx
Adjective
pushing
/x
Verb
annoy
x/
Verb
shutting
/x
Verb
throwing
/x
Verb
succeeding
x/x
Verb
bashing
/x
Noun
nullifying
/xxx
Verb
offing
/x
Noun
fiasco
x/x
Noun
disaster waiting to happen
x/x/x//x
Phrase, Noun
setback
/x
Noun
misadventure
xx/x
Noun
backsliding
/xx
Noun
bad luck
//
Phrase, Noun
failure
/x
Noun
debacle
x/x
Noun
foil
/
Noun
disadvantage
xx/x
Noun
misfortune
x/x
Noun
penalty
/xx
Noun
butchery
/xx
Noun
trouble
/x
Noun
unfortunate
x/xx
Adjective
bungling
/xx
Noun
ruination
/x/x
Noun
exercise in futility
/xxxx/xx
Phrase, Noun
fault
/
Noun
fallout
/x
Noun
side effect
/x/
Phrase, Noun
drawback
/x
Noun
miss
/
Name
backside
/x
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
folly
/x
Noun
worse
/
Adjective
downside
/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun
mishap
/x
Noun
sound
/
Noun
car
/
Noun
danger
/x
Noun
risk
/
Noun
way
/
Noun
heard
/
Verb
been
/
Verb
strategy
/xx
Noun
plan
/
Noun
started
/x
Verb
now
/
Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
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