"smoke explosion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smoke explosions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smoke explosion (plural smoke explosions)
  1. (firefighting) An explosion of flue gases accumulated inside a burning building. Wikipedia link: backdraft Categories (topical): Firefighting Related terms: fire, firefighting, volatile Translations (smoke explosion): savukaasuräjähdys (Finnish), explosión de humo [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-smoke_explosion-en-noun-BXeh5cEx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: firefighting, government

Inflected forms

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