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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Deflagrate #65800 04/17/2002 8:57 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... OK, today's word is the verb deflagrate. Very happy to be informed that this is to cause to burn. I wouldn't have taken de- to be an intensifier, so it's good to be informed here. What I'd like to know is what are the antonyms of deflagrate? Bonfire retards, WithoutWildfires Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Deflagrate #65801 04/17/2002 3:07 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In an internal combustion engine, the rate of burning is critical to production of power. For instance, when there is an excess of fuel, and it is insufficiently compressed, it explodes, but much less powerfully than when mixture is properly lean, and compression high and achieved quickly, which results in deflagration. A similar word is detonate. Gunpowder unconfined burns much slower than it does when confined. When tightly confined, as in cartridge in rifle chamber, it detonates, and can propel the bullet at high speed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 7 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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