Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A reverse current; in a furnace, a draft of air or gas going in a direction contrary to the normal direction and often causing a burst of flame out into the fire-room or through the firing-door or ash-pit.
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Examples
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The acrid smoke drawn from the stove by the back-draft, filled the room, -- a choking cloud.
The Secret of the Storm Country Grace Miller White 1912
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Indications are that a flashover or back-draft occurred, resulting in 18 fatalities on the second floor and third floor.
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Indications are that a flashover or back-draft occurred, resulting in 18 fatalities on the second floor and third floor.
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Indications are that a flashover or back-draft occurred, resulting in 18 fatalities on the second floor and third floor.
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Shouts from the firefighter bashing in the door to "hit the floor," along with the eerie calm that precedes a back-draft were wasted on this unfortunate man, who was hired and promoted beyond his abilities.
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Indications are that a flashover or back-draft occurred, resulting in 18 fatalities on the second floor and third floor.
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Shouts from the firefighter bashing in the door to "hit the floor," along with the eerie calm that precedes a back-draft were wasted on this unfortunate man, who was hired and promoted beyond his abilities.
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The 27-year-old, posthumously awarded the George Cross for helping his fellow troops escape with their lives before succumbing to his wounds, died when a mine was set off by the back-draft of the RAF Chinook sent to winch the soldiers out.
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The 27-year-old, posthumously awarded the George Cross for helping his fellow troops escape with their lives before succumbing to his wounds, died when a mine was set off by the back-draft of the RAF Chinook sent to winch the soldiers out.
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The 27-year-old, posthumously awarded the George Cross for helping his fellow troops escape with their lives before succumbing to his wounds, died when a mine was set off by the back-draft of the RAF Chinook sent to winch the soldiers out.
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