VERB + BACKFIRING
bullying, causes, keeps
BACKFIRING + NOUN
arc, glasgow, mercury
PREP.
in
noun
The occurrence of a backfire.
Backfiring in mercury arc rectifiers has now been pinpointed as the primary cause of the Glasgow transformer failures. […] The chief causes of rectifier backfiring in the Glasgow units were overheating or unfavourable anode/cathode temperature differential; it has proved possible to overcome these, although occasional backfires do still occur.
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
Backfiring in mercury arc rectifiers has now been pinpointed as the primary cause of the Glasgow transformer failures. […] The chief causes of rectifier backfiring in the Glasgow units were overheatin
WiktionaryThe car keeps backfiring.
Tatoeba · #13126673This bullying is backfiring.
Tatoeba · #13358916i Register
In some senses, backfiring is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.