Anagrams of FIREBREAK_

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

• Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.

• A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.

• a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire

• conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

• large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times

• an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice

• a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap

• a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire

• meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

• lacking a steady rhythm

• marked by abrupt transitions

• having or revealing stupidity