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DEFLAGRATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burn with great heat and intense light

Example:

the powder deflagrated

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "deflagrate" is one way to...):

burn; combust (undergo combustion)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

deflagration (combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity

Example:

care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "deflagrate" is one way to...):

burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

deflagration (combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat)

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