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backblast

noun

Etymology

From back + blast.

  1. inherited from *blēstuz✻ — “blowing, blast”
  2. inherited from *blāstu✻
  3. inherited from blǣst — “blowing, blast”
  4. inherited from blast
  5. compounded as backblast — “back + blast”

Definitions

  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.

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