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Synonyms for backflash

Most common

flashback

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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.

Forms

Plural
backflashes → flashbacks…

Example sentences

  • flashback This movie has way too many flashback scenes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
backflashsteady
flashbackrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

9 letters
flashback2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (flashback2 = 2 syllables).