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  1. back-fire: Wordnik
  2. back fire: Wiktionary
  3. Back-fire, Back fire: Dictionary.com
  4. Back-fire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. back-fire, back fire: FreeDictionary.org

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  1. back fire: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (back fire)

noun:  A small, controlled fire set in the path of a larger uncontrolled fire, in order to limit the spread of the large fire by removing its fuel.
noun:  An explosion produced either by a running internal combustion engine that occurs in the air intake or exhaust system rather than inside the combustion chamber or unburned fuel or hydrocarbons ignited somewhere in the exhaust system.

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