Backfire from a recoilless weapon

Usage examples of backblast.

He quickly glanced to his rear to make sure no one was in his backblast area, then fired his rocket.

The backblast of the home-made rockets would be liable to sweep them from their footing.

He squinted against the backblast but held his position respectfully until the Rolls slid into the thick, rolling clouds over San Francisco, clouds that now reflected the bloody glow of the streetlights from the city below.

The long flash dazzled him for an instant, backblast drying the sweat on his face with an instant of chill-heat.

The jungle was flattened for miles around by the backblast, but the castle rose into the air as smoothly as any starship.

The backblast knocked Brennan down and took out the other two simulacra as well.

In either case, this backblast lead to the greatest cataclysm in recorded time, the Breaking of the World.

The last backblast from that sealing had tainted the male half of the True Source, and men who could channel, madmen who could channel, had torn the world apart.

During the previous night, return fire and the backblasts of bombardment rockets had torched the trees into ash and memories.

Their backblasts shoved the howitzer down on its suspension and raised huge doughnuts of dust from the surrounding soil.

The Hogs rocked from the backblasts, slamming their skirts against the hard clay substrate.

Their backblasts enveloped the vegetation to port in steam and yellow scorch marks.

He shook his head, uncertain about what to say, other than to admit he didn’t remember that rockets had backblasts, which he wasn’t about to admit.

He shook his head, uncertain about what to say, other than to admit he didn't remember that rockets had backblasts, which he wasn't about to admit.

Backblast reflected briefly orange from wispy clouds in mid-sky before the bright sparks of rocket exhaust pierced them and vanished in the direction of Simpliche.