misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service the backward escape of unburned gunpowder after a shot
A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer
{i} backfire, premature ignition of fuel causing a small explosion; (USA) unintentional adverse outcome of a political action