deflagrate
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- undefined To set fire to; burn; consume: as, to deflagrate oil or spirit.
- undefined To burn; burst into flame; specifically, to burn rapidly, with a sudden evolution of flame and vapor, as a mixture of charcoal and niter thrown into a red-hot crucible.
Examples
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Finally, if the amount of picric acid be still further increased under these conditions, it will undergo partial decomposition and volatilise, but will not even deflagrate.
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They are usually made of short slips of metal foil or wire, which melt or deflagrate when the current is too strong, and thus interrupt the circuit.
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In making this test the student must remember that sulphur and, in fact, all oxidisable bodies similarly deflagrate, but it is only in the case of carbon compounds that carbonate of potash is formed.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
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But with IMX-101, all that would happen is the explosive would deflagrate (burn quickly), and the shell would break into a few pieces.
Note
The word 'deflagrate' comes from a Latin word meaning 'to burn up'.
