deflagration

American  

[de-fluh-gray-shuhn] / ˌdɛ fləˈgreɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

deflagration

1. the act of deflagrating; sudden, rapid combustion.

2. a sudden, explosive blast of flames; fireball.

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Example Sentences

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

Its opponents even assert that the power and the rapidity of the deflagration of the explosive mixture are greater with hot-tube ignition.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

Nitrates.—If a nitrate be heated upon charcoal before the Bp., violent deflagration occurs.

From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton