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backdraft
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Backdraft is a phenomenon in a fire (see also Flashover ). Backdraft may also refer to: Backdraft (film) , a 1991 American drama thriller film directed by Ron Howard Backdraft (drink) , a cocktail Backdraft (Amusement park attraction) , a show in various ...
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n. (context firefighting English) An extreme fire behavior phenomena involving ignition of products of combustion (such as carbon monoxide) and pyrolysis products upon introduction of oxygen to a compartment. In this phenomena the fuel generally is at a ...
Usage examples of backdraft.
Richard stood wavering, his hair roughly tousled by the backdraft of the German car.
The aircar was caught by a backdraft and thrown into a dive, heeling over to head groundward at tremendous speed.
A definitive misery, having to do with unintended consequences, moved past him, tousling his hair like the backdraft of a speeding car.
All the rumors of wind, which had until then been anarchic, like all the backdrafts of London come together, like all the car alarms of London (the Blitz which each of us suffers alone)all the rumors of wind now gathered themselves, in riptide.
The mist was shredding, blown by the backdrafts of a swan's frantically beating wings, or by the massive displacement of air caused by huge horses dropping out of the sky with terrible riders on their backs.