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verb
To burn with intense light and heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To burn with intense light and heat.
Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: detonate
verb
burn with great heat and intense light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: burn, combust
verb
cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: burn, combust
History
First attested in 1727; borrowed from Latin dēflagrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dēflagrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + flagrō (“to burn”).
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
