boomerang has definitions from the field of arms
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[ verb ] return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

Used in print

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

Literal flatness now tends to assert itself as the main event of the picture , and the device boomerangs : the illusion of depth is rendered even more precarious than before .

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return

2
[ noun ] (Australian) a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower

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projectile kylie Australia

3
[ noun ] a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

Synonyms

backfire

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miscalculation

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