Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for producing combustion, particularly the combustion of metallic substances by means of the electric spark.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.

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  • noun something which deflagrates

Etymologies

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deflagrate +‎ -or

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Examples

  • The most refractory substances yielded to the action of the deflagrator, melting like wax before a common fire.

    Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various

  • Dr. Hare invented instruments of such great power as well to deserve the names of calorimeter and deflagrator.

    Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various

  • Serko will employ every means in his power to obtain the composition of the explosive and deflagrator, of which he will make such detestable use during future piratical exploits.

    Facing the Flag Jules Verne 1866

  • As to the deflagrator liquid, Thomas Roch has a certain number of phials of it, and -- I know only too well -- will not refuse to help Ker

    Facing the Flag Jules Verne 1866

  • It takes a certain time -- about thirty-five seconds, I reckon -- before the combination of the fulgurator and deflagrator is effected.

    Facing the Flag Jules Verne 1866

  • As to the nature of the explosive and of the deflagrator, the elements of which the latter was composed, their manufacture, and the way in which they were employed, he preserved complete silence, and all attempts to worm the secret out of him remained ineffectual.

    Facing the Flag Jules Verne 1866

  • The fulgurator was a sort of auto-propulsive engine, of peculiar construction, charged with an explosive composed of new substances and which only produced its effect under the action of a deflagrator that was also new.

    Facing the Flag Jules Verne 1866

  • Thomas Roch's explosive will not burn unless subjected to a special deflagrator.

    Facing the Flag Jules Verne 1866

  • In my opinion, these boxes contain the substances by the combination or mixture of which, the fulgurator and deflagrator are to be made.

    Facing the Flag Jules Verne 1866

  • As I conjectured, he has not, then, made known the composition of his deflagrator.

    Facing the Flag Jules Verne 1866

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