"back fire" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: back fires [plural]
Etymology: From back + fire. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|fire}} back + fire Head templates: {{en-noun}} back fire (plural back fires)
  1. 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. Synonyms: backfire, back-fire Translations (controlled fire): contre-feu [masculine] (French), αντεμπρησμός (antemprismós) [masculine] (Greek), αντιπυρκαγιά (antipyrkagiá) [feminine] (Greek), αντιπυρά (antipyrá) [feminine] (Greek), встре́чный пал (vstréčnyj pal) (Russian), protuvatra [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), contrafuego [masculine] (Spanish), moteld [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-back_fire-en-noun-evxtQUfP Categories (other): Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'controlled fire': 96 4
  2. 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. Translations (explosion of a combustion engine): deflagració d'escapament [feminine] (Catalan), 逆火 (nìhuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), Fehlzündung [feminine] (German), back-fire [masculine] (Italian), deflagración de escape [feminine] (Spanish), bakslag [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-back_fire-en-noun-b6AtpFd4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'explosion of a combustion engine': 14 86

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Alternative forms

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