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BACK-BLAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does back-blast mean?
• BACK-BLAST (noun)
The noun BACK-BLAST has 1 sense:
1. backfire from a recoilless weapon
Familiarity information: BACK-BLAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Backfire from a recoilless weapon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
back-blast; backblast
Hypernyms ("back-blast" is a kind of...):
backfire; blowback (the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired)
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