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deflagrate

[ def-luh-greyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, def·la·grat·ed, def·la·grat·ing.
  1. to burn, especially suddenly and violently.


deflagrate

/ ˈdɛfləˌɡreɪt; ˈdiː- /

verb

  1. to burn or cause to burn with great heat and light
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌdeflaˈgration, noun
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Other Words From

  • defla·gra·ble adjective
  • defla·gra·bili·ty noun
  • defla·gration noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deflagrate1

1720–30; < Latin dēflagrātus (past participle of dēflagrāre to burn down), equivalent to dē- de- + flagr ( āre ) to burn + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deflagrate1

C18: from Latin dēflagrāre, from de- + flagrāre to burn
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Example Sentences

They deflagrate when sprinkled on fused nitre, forming carbonate of potash.

Another portion of the residue should deflagrate when saturated with an alkali and projected upon live coals.

They deflagrate like the chlorates when heated with combustibles.

The matches tipped with it deflagrate with a snapping noise.

Like the nitrates, they deflagrate with inflammable substances, but with greater facility and violence.

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