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backdraught

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
backdraught /ˈbakdrɑːft/ (US backdraft)

▶noun

1 a current of air or water that flows backwards down a chimney, pipe, etc.

2 a phenomenon in which a fire that has consumed all available oxygen suddenly explodes when more oxygen is made available.

– derivatives
backdraughting noun.

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