deflagrate
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From the participle stem of Latin deflagrare, from de + flagrare (“to burn”).
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deflagrate (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.
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- (with respect to speed of propagation) detonate
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deflagrate
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dēflagrāte
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deflagrate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of deflagrar combined with te