deflagrate
/def-luh-greyt/US // ˈdɛf ləˌgreɪt //UK // (ˈdɛfləˌɡreɪt, ˈdiː-) //
爆燃,爆裂,熄火,熄灭
Definitions
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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.
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