"deflagration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/ [UK, US] Forms: deflagrations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin dēflagrātiō, from dēflagrāre. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dēflagrātiō}} Latin dēflagrātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deflagration (countable and uncountable, plural deflagrations)
  1. The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction. Wikipedia link: deflagration Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: combustion Related terms: deflagrate, deflagrating Translations (intense fire): deflagración [feminine] (Galician), Verpuffung [feminine] (German), deflagrazione [feminine] (Italian), 폭연 (pogyeon) (Korean), deflagracja [feminine] (Polish), deflagrație [feminine] (Romanian), deflagración [feminine] (Spanish)

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