backblast

English

Etymology

back +‎ blast

Noun

backblast (plural backblasts)

1. A dangerous blast of hot gas behind a rocket or missile when it is fired.
   • 2008 April 21, Michael R. Gordon, “Civilians Suffer in Sadr City’s Daily Gun Battles”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Two Iraqi soldiers were brought in the morning after being wounded by the backblast of one of their own rocket-propelled grenades.