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Verb: deflagrate  'de-flu`greyt
  1. Cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
    "care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated"
     
  2. Burn with great heat and intense light
    "the powder deflagrated"

Derived forms: deflagrating, deflagrated, deflagrates

See also: deflagration

Type of: burn, combust

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