Backblast

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dangerous blast of hot gas behind a rocket or missile when it is fired.

    "Two Iraqi soldiers were brought in the morning after being wounded by the backblast of one of their own rocket-propelled grenades."

  2. 2
    backfire from a recoilless weapon wordnet

Synonyms

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back blastback-blast

Example

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"Two Iraqi soldiers were brought in the morning after being wounded by the backblast of one of their own rocket-propelled grenades."

Etymology

From back + blast.

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