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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
deflagrant (comparative more deflagrant, superlative most deflagrant)
- That burns with intense light and heat.
2003, Allan M. Williams, The Knight and the Blast Furnace:Gunpowder is a deflagrant (ie rapidly-burning) mixture of a solid fuel such as charcoal with a solid oxidising agent - the only one available up to the late 18th century was saltpetre.
Catalan
Verb
deflagrant
- gerund of deflagrar
Latin
Verb
dēflagrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of dēflagrō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French déflagrant.
Adjective
deflagrant m or n (feminine singular deflagrantă, masculine plural deflagranți, feminine and neuter plural deflagrante)
- deflagrant
Declension