Blowback may refer to: Firearms Blowback (firearms), a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge Blowback (forensics), vacuum effect created in the barrel of a firearm when it is discharged Blowback, firearm discharge materials a concern for Shooting range#Common safety practices
Media and entertainment "Blowback", a 2020 song by the Killers from Imploding the Mirage Blowback (film), a 2000 film Blowback (album), a 2001 album by rapper Tricky "Blowback" (FlashForward), a 2010 FlashForward episode "Blowback" (Justified), a 2010 episode of Justified "Blowback" (Alias episode) Blowback (Journeyman) Blowback (NCIS) Blowback (podcast), a podcast about American history and foreign policy Blowback (The Shield) Blowback Productions, an independent film and television production company Blowback, a 2005 thriller novel by Brad Thor Blowback, a 2009 military action thriller novel by Mukul Deva Blowback, a 2013 spy novel by former United States CIA operations officer Valerie Plame
Other uses Blowback (intelligence), unintended consequences of a covert operation that are suffered by the civil population of the aggressor government Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, a 2000 nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson Another term for backscatter (email) An aerodynamic phenomenon affecting helicopter rotors also called flap back Blowback (steam engine), a type of failure, often catastrophic, of a steam engine