back fire

Meaning

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.
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.

Synonyms

back-fire

reverberating

Translations

contre-feu

αντεμπρησμός

αντιπυρά

αντιπυρκαγιά

back-fire

contrafuego

deflagració d'escapament

deflagración de escape

Fehlzündung

Etymology

From back + fire.