deflagration
Americannoun
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deflagration
plural
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the act of deflagrating; sudden, rapid combustion.
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a sudden, explosive blast of flames; fireball.
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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
The admirable projectile was not hurt by the intense deflagration of the powders, instead of being liquefied, as it was feared, into a shower of aluminium.
From The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne
As oxygen is changed, by deflagration with charcoal, into carbonic acid, instead of oxygen gas, carbonic acid gas is disengaged, at least when the mixture has been made in just proportions.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
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