backdraft

English

Alternative forms

back draft, back draught, backdraught

Etymology

back +‎ draft

Noun

backdraft (plural backdrafts)

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

Translations

recombustion

Finnish: humahdus (fi), leimahdus (fi)

See also

smoke explosion, a different extreme fire behavior phenomenon.
fire
firefighting
volatile

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