backfire Synonyms

blowback backlash boomerang recoil come to naught come to grief come a cropper bite the dust flatline fall through fall flat misfire kickback counterinsurgency go wrong bounce back come to nothing fizzle out go astray not succeed meet with disaster lack success not come up to scratch blow up in someone's face be in vain be frustrated be defeated underachieve spring back miss the mark go down like a lead balloon go awry suffer defeat counterattack ingle ignis fatuus founder flop fail explosion detonate counterforce corposant contrecoup collapse bomb knock miscarry miss run aground