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Backdraught
/ˈbæk.dɹɑːft/
Sudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.
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Sudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.
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| Word | Definition |
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| back-burnnoun | Alternative spelling of backburn. [A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.] |
| updraughtnoun | (British) Alternative spelling of updraft. [an upward current of air, especially a strong one] |
| back burnnoun | Alternative spelling of backburn. [A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.] |
| dropbacknoun | Alternative spelling of drop-back. [(American football) The act by a player in the backfield of dropping back from the line of scrimmage after the hike of the ball.] |
| kick-backnoun | Alternative form of kickback. [(countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.] |
| backsplatternoun | Alternative form of backspatter. [(forensics) Blood directed backward toward the source of an impact.] |
| back-stopnoun | Alternative spelling of backstop. [An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.] |
| fire-stopnoun | Alternative spelling of firestop. [(construction) A fire block.] |
| bruck-backnoun | Alternative spelling of bruckback (“shotgun”). [shotgun, particularly a sawn-off one.] |
| flash oververb | (intransitive) To undergo an unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator. |
| bruck backnoun | Alternative spelling of bruckback (“shotgun”). [shotgun, particularly a sawn-off one.] |
| fire stopnoun | Alternative spelling of firestop. [(construction) A fire block.] |
| fire-fightnoun | Alternative form of firefight. [A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.] |
| back-slangnoun | Alternative spelling of backslang. [(linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed.] |
| fire breaknoun | Alternative spelling of firebreak. [An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.] |
| fire-breathernoun | Alternative form of firebreather. [A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.] |
| back slangnoun | Alternative form of backslang. [(linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed.] |
| draughtspersonnoun | Alternative spelling of draftsperson. [A draftsman or draftswoman.] |
| hotspotnoun | Alternative form of hot spot. [A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.] |
| fire stormnoun | Alternative form of firestorm. [A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.] |
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