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Definitions for deflagrate
ˈdɛf ləˌgreɪtde·fla·grate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. deflagrateverb

    cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity

    "care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated"

  2. deflagrateverb

    burn with great heat and intense light

    "the powder deflagrated"

Wiktionary

  1. deflagrateverb

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

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

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  1. deflagrate

    Deflagrate refers to the process of burning or causing to burn rapidly using intense heat, often accompanied by a significant release of gas and light. This term is frequently used in the context of explosives, pyrotechnics, and propellants. Unlike detonation, which entails a supersonic exothermic front, deflagration is typically a subsonic combustion phenomenon.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deflagrateverb

    to burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt

  2. Deflagrateverb

    to cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame

  3. Etymology: [L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Deflagrate

    def′la-grāt, v.i. or v.t. to burn down: to burn rapidly.—ns. Deflagrabil′ity, combustibility; Deflagrā′tion; Def′lagrator, a galvanic instrument for producing rapid combustion. [L. deflagrārede, down, flagrāre, to burn.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of deflagrate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of deflagrate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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