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deflagrate

/def-luh-greyt/US // ˈdɛf ləˌgreɪt //UK // (ˈdɛfləˌɡreɪt, ˈdiː-) //

爆燃,爆裂,熄火,熄灭

Definitions

  1. 1

    def·la·grat·ed, def·la·grat·ing.

    • : to burn, especially suddenly and violently.

Examples

  • They deflagrate when sprinkled on fused nitre, forming carbonate of potash.

  • Another portion of the residue should deflagrate when saturated with an alkali and projected upon live coals.

  • They deflagrate like the chlorates when heated with combustibles.

  • The matches tipped with it deflagrate with a snapping noise.

  • Like the nitrates, they deflagrate with inflammable substances, but with greater facility and violence.