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
Mr de la Place and I deflagrated a convenient quantity of nitre and charcoal in an ice apparatus, and found that twelve pounds of ice were melted by the deflagration of one pound of nitre.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
In this manner I have sometimes collected the gas produced from the deflagration of an ounce and half, or two ounces, of nitre.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
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