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All backfired synonyms

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verb backfired

  • failed — unsuccessful; failed: a totally fail policy.
  • flopped — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
  • bombed — under the influence of alcohol or drugs (esp in the phrase bombed out of one's mind or skull)
  • disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
  • recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
  • ricocheted — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
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