as in collapsed
to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect
the well-meaning gesture boomeranged, since he ended up being offended by it
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Recent Examples of boomeranged
The most blatant of those on Sunday was Kelce converting a great opportunity into a play that boomeranged the other way.
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Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boomeranged
Verb
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Smith has completely collapsed.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Last weekend, on this same stage at Forest Hills, singer-songwriter Lola Young collapsed during her set at All Things Go.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The critique echoes larger skepticism in Silicon Valley, where hardware plays like Humane’s AI Pin and Rabbit’s R1 have already flopped.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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The movie, which included Adrian Zmed, Christopher McDonald, Lorna Luft, Tab Hunter and Didi Conn reprising her role from the first film as Frenchy, flopped at the box office.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The decision instantly backfired.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The team’s lone major free-agent signing in the 2020s has backfired in spectacular fashion.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Boomeranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boomeranged. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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