deflagrate

Other forms: deflagrates; deflagrated

Definitions of deflagrate
  1. verb
    cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
    “care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated”
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    type of:
    burn, combust
    cause to burn or combust
  2. verb
    burn with great heat and intense light
    “the powder deflagrated”
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    type of:
    burn, combust
    undergo combustion
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