BACKBLAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backblast mean? 

• BACKBLAST (noun)
  The noun BACKBLAST has 1 sense:

1. backfire from a recoilless weapon

  Familiarity information: BACKBLAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKBLAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Backfire from a recoilless weapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

back-blast; backblast

Hypernyms ("backblast" is a kind of...):

backfire; blowback (the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired)