backlashes

Meaning of backlashes

plural noun
  1. a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, especially to a social or political development.
    a public backlash against racism
  2. recoil arising between parts of a mechanism.

Information about backlashes

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of backlashes

back-lashes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • backlashes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

backlashes synonyms

Meaning a strongly worded reply to someone else's views:

counterblast

Meaning a return by a well-known person, especially an entertainer or sports player, to the activity in which they have formerly been successful:

comeback

Meaning the action of recoiling:

recoil

Meaning the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack:

retaliation

Meaning an act of retaliation:

reprisal

Meaning an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one:

repercussions

Meaning prolongation of a sound; resonance:

reverberations

Meaning radioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation:

fallout

Meaning the motion of receding waves:

backwash

Words that rhyme with backlashes

shes, Ashes, Chumashes, Chuvashes, Siwashes, abashes, abrashes, ashes, backslashes, backsplashes, backwashes, badmashes, bagwashes, balderdashes, bardashes, bashes, bedashes, berdashes, blackwashes, blashes, brainwashes, brashes, budmashes, burdashes, calabashes, calashes, calipashes, camashes, carwashes, cashes, chuvashes, clashes, colourwashes, cornbrashes, crashes, dashes, deashes, dobhashes, downwashes, earbashes, eggwashes, emdashes, encashes, endashes, eyelashes, eyewashes, fashes, flashes, flatwashes, fogashes

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