backblast

English

Etymology

From 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 The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 November 2025:

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