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deflagrate Definition


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deflagrate
verb
    tr & intr
    deflagrated, deflagrating
    1. To burn suddenly, generally with flame and crackling noise.
Derivative: deflagration
noun
    Etymology: 18c: from Latin deflagrare, deflagratum to burn up.



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