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deflagrate

/ˈdɛfləɡɹeɪt/

deflagrate verb: to burn with intense light and heat.

Verb

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

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

Antonyms of deflagrate

Forms of deflagrate

third-person singular presentdeflagrates
present participledeflagrating
past participledeflagrated
pastdeflagrated

Origin of deflagrate

First attested in 1727; borrowed from Latin dēflagrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dēflagrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + flagrō (“to burn”).

Words formed from deflagrate

Questions about deflagrate

What does deflagrate mean?
Deflagrate means to burn with intense light and heat.
What part of speech is deflagrate?
Deflagrate is a verb.
How do you pronounce deflagrate?
Deflagrate is pronounced /ˈdɛfləɡɹeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of deflagrate?
The past tense of deflagrate is deflagrated.

Words near deflagrate in the dictionary

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

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