squish
n.β Β«All seven were wearing flame-retardant protective clothing and were standing next to the plantβs No. 1 oxygen furnace when they were “hit with this backlash of extreme heat, slag and molten steel,” United Steelworkers Local 6787 president Paul Gibson said. “It wasnβt an explosion. Itβs what they refer to as a squish,” Gibson said.Β» ββ7 workers injured in accident at steel plant” by Burns Harbor, Indiana HeraldTimesOnline.com (Bloomington, Indiana) Aug. 28, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)