deflagrate

deflagrate is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.
2. transitive verb. To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.
3. verb. burn with great heat and intense light

   "the powder deflagrated"

4. verb. cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity

   "care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated"

Common word forms

deflagrated, deflagrates, deflagrating

Words from these letters

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