• Backfire, NATO reporting name for the Soviet and Russian
Tupolev Tu-22M long-range bomber •
Operation Backfire (World War II), the launch of three A4 rockets in October 1945 near Cuxhaven •
Operation Backfire (FBI), an FBI operation against the radical environmental movement • In economics, in the
Jevons paradox, when the rebound effect exceeds 100% •
Backfire (Transformers), a fictional character •
"Backfire" (song) by Nate Haller and Tenille Townes, 2025 •
Controlled burn or backfire, a firefighting technique • Version 10.03 of the
OpenWrt firmware • The
backfire effect, a phenomenon in psychology • An occurrence of
unintended consequences that are the opposite of the intended result, or detrimental (the "perverse result")