backdraughts

backdraughts
n. backdraft, situation when a fire that has absorbed all available oxygen explodes suddenly when more oxygen is re-introduced to the fire; current of air or water that flows backwards down into a pipe or chimney

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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