deflagration
Americannoun
plural
deflagration-
the act of deflagrating; sudden, rapid combustion.
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a sudden, explosive blast of flames; fireball.
Example Sentences
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PG&E, in its letter this month to the county, said the cause of that fire was water that had entered the Megapack “due to the improper installation of deflagration vent shield panels.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
This suggests that there are any number of steady-state solutions, which affect the amount of residence time gas stays in front of the deflagration.
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024
The discovery of the treasure was like a deflagration.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A few days later, he writes to Dr. Priestley: In the deflagration of the inflammable and dephlogisticated airs, the airs unite with violence—become red-hot—and, on cooling, totally disappear.
From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew
The surrounding air is not necessary to the deflagration.
From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules
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