backflash

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounbackflash (plural backflashes)

plural backflashes

  1. The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
  2. Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”).

    As an experienced editor I disapprove of backflashes, foreshadowings and tricksy devices […]

    2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

    Synonyms: flashback

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of flashback (“dramatic device”).

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Origin

From back + flash.

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APA

backflash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backflash

MLA

“backflash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backflash. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “backflash,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/backflash.

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