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deflagrant

UK/ˈdɛfləɡɹənt/

deflagrant adjective: that burns with intense light and heat.

Adjective

deflagrant (comparative more deflagrant, superlative most deflagrant)

  1. That burns with intense light and heat.
    • Gunpowder is a deflagrant (ie rapidly-burning) mixture of a solid fuel such as charcoal with a solid oxidising agent - the only one available up to the late 18th century was saltpetre.2003, Allan M. Williams, The Knight and the Blast Furnace

Forms of deflagrant

comparativemore deflagrant
superlativemost deflagrant

Questions about deflagrant

What does deflagrant mean?
Deflagrant means that burns with intense light and heat.
What part of speech is deflagrant?
Deflagrant is an adjective.
How do you pronounce deflagrant?
Deflagrant is pronounced /ˈdɛfləɡɹənt/ (UK).

Words near deflagrant in the dictionary

  1. deflagellated
  2. deflagellation
  3. deflagellations
  4. deflagrability
  5. deflagrable
  6. deflagrant
  7. deflagrate
  8. deflagrated
  9. deflagrates
  10. deflagrating
  11. deflagrating spoon

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