The blaze turned into what Swiss officials called an embrasement généralisé, a term for a fire that releases combustible gases that can ignite violently, triggering what English-speaking firefighters call a flashover or backdraft.
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Flashover
Synonyms for "flashover" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 閃燃 /闪燃 noun (ignition)
Finnish
2 entries- lieskahdus noun (ignition)
- ylilyönti noun (electric discharge)
German
3 entries- Flashover noun (ignition)
- Raumdurchzündung noun (ignition)
- Überschlag noun (electric discharge)
Japanese
1 entries- フラッシュオーバー noun (ignition)
Swedish
2 entries- överslag noun (electric discharge)
- övertändning noun (ignition)
Sample sentences
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The overhead line was energised at 25,000 volts and the height of the contact wire was reduced to 11 in. above the chimney, then to 5 and finally to 2 in.; at this last, short distance the flashover occurred, but all the men were perfectly safe because the current went direct to earth through the locomotive.
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