flash over
Sudden voltage breakdown
Flash over describes a rapid transition or shift.
In fire science, flashover is the moment when a room's contents simultaneously ignite due to accumulated heat—the fire goes from localized to total involvement in seconds.
More generally, to flash over is to jump quickly from one thing to another: The conversation flashed over to politics.
Electrical flashover occurs when current arcs across an insulator.
Starting combustion process
- engulfCompletely surround and cover
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
conflagration · firestorm · spontaneous · flashpoint · burn · scorch · char · incinerate
ignition
Starting combustion process
inferno · conflagration · firestorm · spontaneous · flashpoint · burn · scorch · char · incinerate · smoke
flash overburnout
Chronic occupational depletion
smoldering · extinguishment · fire suppression · knockdown · containment