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| boomerang(noun, act, feeling, produce) | |
| rebound(noun, act, feeling, withdraw) | |
| recoil(noun, act, feeling, withdraw) | |
| backlash(noun, feeling, return, have) | |
| miscarry(fail, have, collapse, fold) | |
| retort(noun, feeling, return, attitude) | |
| ricochet(noun, return, have, recoil) | |
| bounce back(expression, phrasal verb, act, return) | |
| burst(noun, collapse, excited, blast) | |
| detonate(collapse, excited, blast, blaze) | |
| fail(decline, fall, have, collapse) | |
| blow up(expression, collapse, excited, blast) | |
| counterattack(noun, defend, defense, reaction) | |
| kick back(expression, overcome, return, revive) | |
| bounce(noun, recoil, boomerang, resile) | |
| explode(fail, blow, collapse, excited) | |
| answer(noun, act, feeling, return) | |
| erupt(collapse, excited, blast, blaze) | |
| fall through(expression, phrasal verb, fail, miscarry) | |
| flop(fail, have, collapse, fold) |
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