Deflagrate
/ˈdɛfləɡɹeɪt/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To burn with intense light and heat.
- 2 burn with great heat and intense light wordnet
- 3 To burn with intense light and heat.; Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
- 4 cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity wordnet
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First attested in 1727; borrowed from Latin dēflagrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dēflagrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + flagrō (“to burn”).