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humahdus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deflagration noun The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
  • whoosh noun A rushing sound made by something moving fast through the air.

Senses

humahdus is used for these senses in English:

  • backdraft (American spelling, firefighting) Sudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.
  • deflagration The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
  • whoosh A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.

whoosh — full definition

  1. noun A rushing sound made by something moving fast through the air.
  2. verb To move quickly, usually with a rushing sound.
  3. intj Used to imitate something zooming by, or to say a joke or point went over someone's head.

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