DEFLAGRATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("deflagration" is a kind of...):

burning; combustion (a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light)

Derivation:

deflagrate (burn with great heat and intense light)

deflagrate (cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity)