backdraft
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]See also
[edit]- smoke explosion, a different extreme fire behavior phenomenon.
- fire
- firefighting
- volatile