deflagrate

def·la·grate

transitive verb

intransitive verb

-·grat·ed, -·grat·ing

to burn rapidly, with intense heat and dazzling light

Origin of deflagrate

from Classical Latin deflagratus, past participle of deflagrare, to burn, consume from de-, intensive + flagrare, to burn: see flagrant

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deflagrate

intr. & tr.v.

def·la·grat·ed, def·la·grat·ing, def·la·grates

To burn or cause to burn with great heat and intense light.

Origin of deflagrate

Latin dēflagrāre dēflagrāt- dē- intensive pref. ; see de- . flagrāre to blaze ; see bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots.

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noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present deflagrates, present participle deflagrating, simple past and past participle deflagrated)

(physics) To burn with intense light and heat. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.

Antonyms

(with respect to speed of propagation) detonate

Origin

From the participle stem of Latin deflagrare, from de + flagrare ("to burn down").

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