Of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc., to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
Infinitivebackfire
Past simplebackfired
Past participlebackfired
-ing formbackfiring
Full conjugation of the English verb to backfire (past simple backfired,
past participle backfired):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
backfire
you
backfire
he/she/it
backfires
we
backfire
you
backfire
they
backfire
Present continuous
I
am backfiring
you
are backfiring
he/she/it
is backfiring
we
are backfiring
you
are backfiring
they
are backfiring
Present perfect
I
have backfired
you
have backfired
he/she/it
has backfired
we
have backfired
you
have backfired
they
have backfired
Present perfect continuous
I
have been backfiring
you
have been backfiring
he/she/it
has been backfiring
we
have been backfiring
you
have been backfiring
they
have been backfiring
Past simple
I
backfired
you
backfired
he/she/it
backfired
we
backfired
you
backfired
they
backfired
Past continuous
I
was backfiring
you
were backfiring
he/she/it
was backfiring
we
were backfiring
you
were backfiring
they
were backfiring
Past perfect
I
had backfired
you
had backfired
he/she/it
had backfired
we
had backfired
you
had backfired
they
had backfired
Past perfect continuous
I
had been backfiring
you
had been backfiring
he/she/it
had been backfiring
we
had been backfiring
you
had been backfiring
they
had been backfiring
Future simple
I
will backfire
you
will backfire
he/she/it
will backfire
we
will backfire
you
will backfire
they
will backfire
Future continuous
I
will be backfiring
you
will be backfiring
he/she/it
will be backfiring
we
will be backfiring
you
will be backfiring
they
will be backfiring
Future perfect
I
will have backfired
you
will have backfired
he/she/it
will have backfired
we
will have backfired
you
will have backfired
they
will have backfired
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been backfiring
you
will have been backfiring
he/she/it
will have been backfiring
we
will have been backfiring
you
will have been backfiring
they
will have been backfiring
Conditional
Present
I
would backfire
you
would backfire
he/she/it
would backfire
we
would backfire
you
would backfire
they
would backfire
Present continuous
I
would be backfiring
you
would be backfiring
he/she/it
would be backfiring
we
would be backfiring
you
would be backfiring
they
would be backfiring
Perfect
I
would have backfired
you
would have backfired
he/she/it
would have backfired
we
would have backfired
you
would have backfired
they
would have backfired
Perfect continuous
I
would have been backfiring
you
would have been backfiring
he/she/it
would have been backfiring
we
would have been backfiring
you
would have been backfiring
they
would have been backfiring
Subjunctive
Present
that I
backfire
that you
backfire
that he/she/it
backfire
that we
backfire
that you
backfire
that they
backfire
Past
if I
backfired
if you
backfired
if he/she/it
backfired
if we
backfired
if you
backfired
if they
backfired
Imperative
Affirmative
you
backfire
we
let's backfire
Negative
you
don't backfire
we
let's not backfire
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to backfire
Perfect infinitive
to have backfired
Present participle / gerund
backfiring
Past participle
backfired
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