deflagration

Other forms: deflagrations

Definitions of deflagration
  1. noun
    combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
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    type of:
    burning, combustion
    a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
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