Blowback and Upshot

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Blowback noun - The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired.

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Upshot and blowback are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upshot" instead a noun "Blowback".

Upshot noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

Usage example: the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws

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Blowback and upshot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blowback" instead a noun "Upshot".

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Upshot and Blowback. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blowback/upshot

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