deflagrant

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfləɡɹənt/

deflagrant (comparative more deflagrant, superlative most deflagrant)

1. That burns with intense light and heat.
   • 2003, Allan M. Williams, The Knight and the Blast Furnace:

     Gunpowder is a deflagrant (ie rapidly-burning) mixture of a solid fuel such as charcoal with a solid oxidising agent - the only one available up to the late 18th century was saltpetre.

• deflagrate
• deflagration
• deflagrating spoon

deflagrant

1. gerund of deflagrar

dēflagrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dēflagrō

Borrowed from French déflagrant.

deflagrant m or n (feminine singular deflagrantă, masculine plural deflagranți, feminine and neuter plural deflagrante)

1. deflagrant