deflagrate

Verb

cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
- "care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated"
burn with great heat and intense light
- "the powder deflagrated"
To burn with intense light and heat.
To burn with intense light and heat.
Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1727; borrowed from Latin dēflagrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dēflagrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + flagrō (“to burn”).

Antonyms

detonate

Scrabble Score: 15

deflagrate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
deflagrate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deflagrate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

deflagrate: valid Words With Friends Word