💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backburn"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| back firenoun | An explosion produced either by a running internal combustion engine that occurs in the air intake or exhaust system rather than inside the combustion chamber or unburned fuel or hydrocarbons ignited somewhere in the exhaust system. |
| controlled burnnoun | A wildfire or brushfire set intentionally and carefully managed for purposes of fire suppression, agriculture, ecological management, etc. |
| hazard reduction burnnoun | (Australia) A deliberately lit fire in bush or grassland, under favourable conditions, used to reduce the fuel available for a wildfire. |
| backfirenoun | A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction. |
| freeburnnoun | An unconstrained fire. |
| burnnoun | A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. |
| burnovernoun | The situation in which a fire overtakes the firefighters who are attempting to deal with it. |
| bushfirenoun | (Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire. |
| bonfirenoun | A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal. |
| spot firenoun | A small fire started by a burning fragment of a wildfire, that causes the wildfire to spread downwind |
| blacklinenoun | A document indicating the differences between two versions of another document. |
| firebreaknoun | An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it. |
| burnfirenoun | (nonstandard) A bonfire. |
| dump and burnverb | (aviation, of an aircraft) To jettison fuel and then immediately ignite the cloud of jettisoned fuel using one's afterburners to create a large fireball behind the aircraft, typically as an airshow maneuver. |
| burningnoun | A fiery pain. |
| burninationnoun | (informal, humorous) An instance of intense burning; conflagration. |
| bin firenoun | A fire set in a rubbish bin or trash can, often as an accident or as vandalism. |
| firebreakingnoun | The activity of creating firebreaks. |
| torchingnoun | An act of arson. |
| wildfirenoun | A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area. |
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