Backwards and Round

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Backwards adverb - In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal.

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Round and backwards are semantically related in approach topic. In some cases you can use "Round" instead an adverb "Backwards".

Nearby Words: back, backward

Round adverb - From beginning to end.

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Backwards and round are semantically related in approach topic. You can use "Backwards" instead an adverb "Round".

Nearby Words: rounded, rounder, roundly, roundel, roundish

However, recently, similar to The CSI Effect, there has been instances where people have actually thrown themselves backwards when shot/shot at even if it's a low velocity round like a beanbag.

Source: Blown Across the Room
Inverted when Roy confronts a half-ogre who uses a Game Breaker from the 3.5 rules to attack him twice a round while dodging backwards.

Source: Deadly Dodging
To help with this, in combat, only the first round needed to be cocked — subsequent firings would use the propellant to blow the firing pin backwards, cocking the weapon.

Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns

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