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Answer for the clue "Backfire ", 9 letters:
boomerang
Alternative clues for the word boomerang
Word definitions for boomerang in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boomerang \Boom"er*ang\, n. A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Boomerang ( Frederick "Fred" Myers ) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He has been a member of several prominent supervillain teams and clashed with several heroes throughout his career, most notably ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A flat curved airfoil, that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, that was originally used in various parts of the world as hunting weapons or, in returnable types, for sports or training. vb. 1 To return to the starting point. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal languages of New South Wales, Australia. Another variant, perhaps, was wo-mur-rang (1798).
Usage examples of boomerang.
A swarm of meter-long boomerang shaped metallic objects consumed the aircraft and began ripping it apart.
They were sleek boomerang wing shapes but as the fallen probe was disassembled they seemed to be getting more material on their surface.
Helena pointed at what appeared to be a metal boomerang about a meter across.
After a bit of inspection, Richard was fairly certain that the alien thing had once been a metal boomerang about a meter or so from tip to tip.
On its underside was a smaller similar boomerang about a third the size.
The smaller boomerang appeared to be molded seamlessly directly to the larger one.
He bear-hugged the boomerang and the wad of tent and duffel bag and rolled with it out of the briars.
It was the color of dark sand, and no thicker than the edge of the comeback boomerang the boy-children played with, yet it was hard as stone, and as strong.
I had made my own spear and spear-thrower, but Yuma had made my boomerang for me, and in exchange I had given him a belt I had plaited from snakeskin.
I found I had jumped the brushwood fence and was holding my boomerang, poised to throw.
This was surely powerful magic, for the boomerang struck hard against the small head of the kangaroo, toppling her to the ground, stunned.
Once he asked to see how I threw my boomerang and how I used my spear-thrower.
My spear, my boomerang, my throwing club, you brought them on the camel with us, and they are in the outhouse.
Tomorrow when he comes from his house I will follow him and throw my boomerang to make him fall, and then I will run very fast to kill him with my spear.
I had become a civilized person and was no longer a savage, but I would have taken my spear and my boomerang and I would have found that sorcerer and killed him, even though Luke had told me it was wrong.