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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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noun
  1. 1

    Sudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.

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back-burnnounAlternative 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 burnnounAlternative spelling of backburn. [A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.]
dropbacknounAlternative 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-backnounAlternative form of kickback. [(countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.]
backsplatternounAlternative form of backspatter. [(forensics) Blood directed backward toward the source of an impact.]
back-stopnounAlternative spelling of backstop. [An object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.]
fire-stopnounAlternative spelling of firestop. [(construction) A fire block.]
bruck-backnounAlternative 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 backnounAlternative spelling of bruckback (“shotgun”). [shotgun, particularly a sawn-off one.]
fire stopnounAlternative spelling of firestop. [(construction) A fire block.]
fire-fightnounAlternative form of firefight. [A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.]
back-slangnounAlternative spelling of backslang. [(linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed.]
fire breaknounAlternative spelling of firebreak. [An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.]
fire-breathernounAlternative form of firebreather. [A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.]
back slangnounAlternative form of backslang. [(linguistics) A form of slang composed of words whose spelling or sound is reversed.]
draughtspersonnounAlternative spelling of draftsperson. [A draftsman or draftswoman.]
hotspotnounAlternative form of hot spot. [A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.]
fire stormnounAlternative form of firestorm. [A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.]

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