deflagrate

First attested in 1727; borrowed from Latin dēflagrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dēflagrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + flagrō (“to burn”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfləɡɹeɪt/

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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.
   1. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.

      Antonym: detonate

• combust

• IPA^(key): /de.flaˈɡra.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: de‧fla‧grà‧te

deflagrate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of deflagrare

dēflagrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēflagrō

deflagrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of deflagrar combined with te