Crossword-Solution: BACKFIRES
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EEATR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BACKFIRES (5)
The backfires had all met; the forward line of flames had all been pounded out; the rear line had burned back until there was no danger of it jumping the burned space.
The teamster took Transley in his arms and half carried, half dragged him into the safe area behind the backfires.
There'll be water to help us here." Under Curt's dynamic orders, half a dozen backfires were started, the men working like mad to clear away the underbrush and destroy all inflammable material near the creek bank where they had decided to make their stand.
There was little that Janet and Helen could do, but they insisted on seizing old coats, wetting them in the stream, and using them to beat out the flames of the backfires when they had spread far enough.
Janet and Helen soaked the coats they had been using again and returned to the task of beating down the backfires.
Quotes with BACKFIRES (3)
Ergo, while the Argument from Design appears to be a nice, neat answer to account for the presence of a multifarious Universe, the truth is that it backfires on itself, shifting the need for an explanation back and back and back…and back…without end, without resolution. This is called an infinite regress, and its presence in the logic of the argument fails to prove the existence of God; if anything, it reveals that the idea of a designer is patently ridiculous, even more so t…
Beware of smile, for it is a double edged sword; it cuts the helmet of tension from others head and backfires the peace to yours.
There are people who fantasize about suicide, and paradoxically, these fantasies can be soothing because they usually involve either fantasizing about others' reactions to one's suicide or imagining how death would be a relief from life's travails. In both cases, an aspect of the fantasy is to exert control, either over others' views or toward life's difficulties. The writer A. Alvarez stated, "There people ... for whom the mere idea of suicide is enough; they can continue to…
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Appears in: Newsday.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2004).