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Backfires vs Backfired - What's the difference?

backfires | backfired |

As verbs the difference between backfires and backfired

is that backfires is third-person singular of backfire while backfired is past tense of backfire.

As a noun backfires

is plural of backfire.

backfires

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (backfire)

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    backfired

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (backfire)

    • backfire

    English

    Verb

    (backfir)
  • (Of a gun or cannon) to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
  • To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
    • His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars horribly backfired when fuel prices tripled.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (firefighting)

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