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  • 1Backfire — may refer to:*The NATO reporting name for the Russian Tupolev Tu 22M aircraft. *A backfire, the deliberate use of fire in wildfire suppression. Also known as a Back burn ( See also: Glossary of wildland fire terms .) *A back fire in an automobile …

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  • 2Backfire — (englisch für: Auspuffknall, Fehlzündung, sowie metaphor. Schuss, der nach hinten losgeht) steht für: des Flugzeug Tupolew Tu 22M, das den NATO Codename Backfire hat den Film Final Night – Die letzte Nacht (Originalname: Backfire) die… …

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  • 3Backfire —   [ bækfaɪə ; englisch »Gegenfeuer«] die, , NATO Bezeichnung für den Mittelstreckenbomber Tu 22 M der ehemaligen sowjetischen Streitkräfte, der zu den nuklearstrategischen Systemen (Kernwaffen) gehört; Erstflug vermutlich 1969, Serienproduktion… …

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  • 4backfire — [bak′fīr΄] n. ☆ 1. a fire started to stop an advancing prairie fire or forest fire by creating a burned area in its path 2. a premature ignition of fuel or an explosion of unburned exhaust gases in an internal combustion engine, sometimes… …

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  • 5Backfire bomber — Backfire bomber, or Backfire, noun. a long range supersonic bomber the former Soviet air force. It can be refueled in flight. ╂[a NATO code name for this bomber, officially known as the Tupolev V G] …

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  • 6Backfire — Back fire Back fire Back fire , v. i. 1. (Engin.) To have or experience a back fire or back fires; said of an internal combustion engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Of a Bunsen or similar air fed burner, to light so that the flame proceeds from the …

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  • 7backfire — ackfire, back fire ack fire 1. A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (a) A premature explosion in the cylinder …

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  • 8Backfire (album) — Backfire: A Transwave Best Of (1994 1996) , is a Transwave album, released on 12 January 2007. Track listing # Adoration to the Aum – 7:09 # Hypersphere – 7:00 # Anahata – 6:55 # Arsonik – 6:27 # Cycles of Life – 7:19 # Code S9 – 6:39 #… …

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  • 9Backfire — Backfire. См. Обратный удар пламени. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 10backfire — index reaction (opposition), repercussion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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