deflagrate

[ def-luh-greyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

, def·la·grat·ed, def·la·grat·ing.

deflagrate

/ ˈdɛfləˌɡreɪt; ˈdiː- /

1720–30; < Latin dēflagrātus (past participle of dēflagrāre to burn down), equivalent to dē- de- + flagr ( āre ) to burn + -ātus -ate ¹

C18: from Latin dēflagrāre, from de- + flagrāre to burn

They deflagrate when sprinkled on fused nitre, forming carbonate of potash.

Another portion of the residue should deflagrate when saturated with an alkali and projected upon live coals.

They deflagrate like the chlorates when heated with combustibles.

The matches tipped with it deflagrate with a snapping noise.

Like the nitrates, they deflagrate with inflammable substances, but with greater facility and violence.

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