backblast

noun

backblast

noun

Etymology From back + blast.

1

A dangerous blast of hot gas behind a rocket or missile when it is fired.

Two Iraqi soldiers were brought in the morning after being wounded by the backblast of one of their own rocket-propelled grenades.2008 April 21, Michael R. Gordon, “Civilians Suffer in Sadr City’s Daily Gun Battles”, in New York Times:

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