back fire
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Synonyms: backfire, back-fire, back nine, back line, back dive, blackfire, back fee, bank wire, back side, backfile, bak file
Antonyms: backfire, back-fire, back nine, back line, back dive, blackfire, back fee, bank wire, back side, backfile, bak file
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Noun
- A small, controlled fire set in the path of a larger uncontrolled fire, in order to limit the spread of the large fire by removing its fuel.
- An explosion produced either by a running internal combustion engine that occurs in the air intake or exhaust system rather than inside the combustion chamber or unburned fuel or hydrocarbons ignited somewhere in the exhaust system.
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