Deflagrate Definition

dĕflə-grāt
deflagrated, deflagrates, deflagrating
verb
To burn or cause to burn with great heat and intense light.
American Heritage
To burn rapidly, with intense heat and dazzling light.
Webster's New World

Origin of Deflagrate

  • Latin dēflagrāre dēflagrāt- dē- intensive pref. de– flagrāre to blaze bhel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the participle stem of Latin deflagrare, from de + flagrare ("to burn down").

    From Wiktionary

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