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backdraft
[ bak-draft, -drahft ]
noun
- an explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden mixing of air with other combustible gases.
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Origin of backdraft1
Example Sentences
And he appeared just as often in more popular fare, playing a spacey tank commander in 鈥淜elly鈥檚 Heroes,鈥 a demented arsonist in 鈥淏ackdraft鈥 and an authoritarian president in the 鈥淗unger Games鈥 films.
Jamie Dobie's box-kicks are almost forcing the Warriors backwards as they get caught in the backdraft.
In the 鈥90s, Swan appeared in a number of high-profile films including Quentin Tarantino鈥檚 鈥淣atural Born Killers鈥 and Ron Howard鈥檚 鈥淏ackdraft.鈥
Swan鈥檚 additional film credits include 鈥淲ho鈥檚 That Girl,鈥 鈥淏ackdraft鈥 and 鈥淕oing All the Way.鈥
Fire Commissioner William Renaldo described an explosion caught on video as a backdraft, which he said occurs when oxygen is 鈥渟ucked into the building and then blown back.鈥
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