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def·la·grate

   [def-luh-greyt]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -grat·ed, -grat·ing.
to burn, especially suddenly and violently.
Origin:
1720–30; < Latin dēflagrātus (past participle of dēflagrāre to burn down), equivalent to dē- de- + flagr(āre) to burn + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
def·la·gra·ble, adjective
def·la·gra·bil·i·ty, noun
def·la·gra·tion, noun
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deflagrate (ˈdɛfləˌɡreɪt, ˈdiː-)
 
—vb
to burn or cause to burn with great heat and light
 
[C18: from Latin dēflagrāre, from de- + flagrāre to burn]
 
defla'gration
 
—n

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deflagration
c.1600, from L. deflagrationem, noun of action from deflagrare, from de- + flagrare (see flagrant).
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