backflash
English
Etymology
back + flash
Noun
backflash (plural backflashes)
- The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
- Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
- As an experienced editor I disapprove of backflashes, foreshadowings and tricksy devices […]
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Anagrams
- flash back, flashback, half-backs, halfbacks