Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deflagrating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deflagrate \Def"la*grate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deflagrated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Deflagrating}.] [L. deflagratus, p. p. of
deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn.]
(Chem.)
To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter;
also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated,
as salt.
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