Meaning

2 senses

  1. To burn with intense light and heat.

    verpuffen

    burn with great heat and intense light

  2. To burn with intense light and heat.

    Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.

Translations

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By meaning 1
to burn with intense light and heat:

Origin

First attested in 1727; borrowed from Latin dēflagrātus, perfect passive participle of Lat

First attested in 1727; borrowed from Latin dēflagrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dēflagrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + flagrō (“to burn”).

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Forms

deflagrates, deflagrating, deflagrated, deflagrated
Base formdeflagrate · to deflagrate
3rd person singulardeflagrates
Present participledeflagrating
Past simpledeflagrated
Past participledeflagrated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeflagrate
he, she, itdeflagrates

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeflagrated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deflagrated
he, she, ithas deflagrated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deflagrate

Antonyms

1 antonyms
detonate

Word family

4 related words
Relateddeflagrating spoondeflagration
Deriveddeflagrativedeflagrator

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
definitionB1definitivedefinitivelydeflatedeflectdeflectiondeforestationB2
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