Backfire synonyms | verbs

Synonyms for Backfire as a Verb

• boomerang

  fail, recoil
• backlash

  recoil, have an opposite effect
• rebound

  fail, recoil
• miscarry

  fail, recoil
• recoil

  have an opposite effect
• fail

  have an opposite effect
• flop

  fail, have an opposite effect
• bounce back

  recoil, have an opposite effect
• misfire

  fail
• go wrong
• ricochet
• spring back
• burst

  explode
• kick back
• detonate

  explode
• erupt

  explode
• fall through
• fall flat
• founder
• disappoint
• blow up

  explode
• meet with disaster
• come back

  rebound
• return
• collapse
• reply
• answer
• kick
• retort
• blast
• discharge
• blaze
• explode
• fizzle
• miss
• spring
• resile
• come to nothing
• come to naught
• bomb
• go up in smoke
• redound on
• reverse
• be self-defeating

  have unwelcome repercussions for
• set off
• flare up

  collapse, blast
• flounder
• slip
• snap back
• react