Blowback
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Main Entry: blow·back
Pronunciation: 'blO-"bak
Function: noun
: an unforeseen and unwanted effect, result, or set of
repercussions.
:blowback has become a term of art acknowledging that
the unconstrained, often illegal, secret acts of the
United States in other countries can result in retaliation
against innocent American citizens. The dirty tricks
agencies are at pains never to draw the connection
between what they do and what sometimes happens to
those who pay their salaries.
:Blowback is a system in which automatic or
semi-automatic firearms operate through the energy
created by combustion in the chamber and bore acting
directly on the bolt face through the cartridge.
Pure blowback operation is typically found only on
semi-automatic small-caliber pistols and automatic
submachine guns.
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