Deflagrate
to burn, especially suddenly and violently.
Historical Examples
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold Cooley
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold Cooley
Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley
Legal Chemistry A. Naquet
verb
to burn or cause to burn with great heat and light
Read Also:
- Cacao
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc. Also, cocoa. the fruit or seeds of this tree. Contemporary Examples 4 Autumnal Desserts Michel Richard November 17, 2010 The Congo’s Forgotten Colonial Getaway Nina Strochlic December 17, 2014 Four Chocolate Questions Answered Mary Goodbody September 28, […]
- Cacao-bean
a seed of the cacao tree.
- Cacao-butter
cocoa butter. a fatty substance obtained from the seeds of the cacao, used in making soaps, cosmetics, and other products. noun a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery, soap, etc
- Cacc
cacc cathodal closure contraction
- Caccia
a 14th-century Italian vocal form for two voices in canon plus an independent tenor, with a text describing the hunt or the cries and noises of village life. Historical Examples Ex Voto Samuel Bulter Ex Voto Samuel Bulter Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama Walter W. Greg Ex Voto Samuel Bulter Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature […]