deflagrate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛfləɡɹeɪt/

Verb

deflagrate (third-person singular simple present deflagrates, present participle deflagrating, simple past and past participle deflagrated)

1. (physics) To burn with intense light and heat. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.

Related terms

• deflagrating spoon
• deflagration

Antonyms

• (with respect to speed of propagation) detonate

Hypernyms

• combust

Translations

to burn with intense light and heat

• Bulgarian: изгарям (bg) (izgarjam)
• Finnish: leimahtaa (fi)
• French: déflagrer (fr)

• German: verpuffen (de)
• Italian: deflagrare (it)
• Spanish: deflagrar (es)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /deflaˈɡrate/, [d̪e.flaˈɡraː.t̪e], X-SAMPA: /defla"grate/
• Hyphenation: de‧fla‧grà‧te

Verb form

deflagrate

1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of deflagrare

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Latin

Verb

dēflagrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēflagrō