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backflash

The English word “backflash” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
  2. Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”).

Etymology

From back + flash.

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