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backblasts

backblasts is the plural of backblast.

Meaning of backblast

Noun

backblast (plural backblasts)

  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

Questions about backblasts

What is backblasts the plural of?
Backblasts is the plural of backblast.

Words near backblasts in the dictionary

  1. backbiting
  2. backbitingly
  3. backbitings
  4. backbitten
  5. backblast
  6. backblasts
  7. backblock
  8. backblocks
  9. backblow
  10. backblows
  11. backboard

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