BLEVE

Just found this new word.

Can go out and impress them friends who are in SCDF or especially HAZMAT or some such.

BLEVE : Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion (aka Blast Leveling Everything Very Effectively; firefighting term for exploding tanks)

Some additional information......

BLEVE when used as an acronym for Blast Leveling Everything Very Effectively is also known as a backronym.

It's pronounced as "blevy" or "blair vee" like rhymes with bevy. Past tense is "bleved" or BLEVEd.

Some common usage..... The gas carrier bleved after prolonged neglect allowed corrosion to rupture the tanks.

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