backdraft

English

Alternative forms

• back draft, back draught, backdraught

Etymology

back +‎ draft

Noun

backdraft (plural backdrafts)

1. (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