deflagatory

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Adjective[edit]

deflagatory (comparative more deflagatory, superlative most deflagatory)

  1. Of or pertaining to rapidly burnable materials, or to a process of rapid combustion.
    This deflagatory reaction created sufficient pressure to propel a projectile out of a tube with enough speed to kill or injure an opposing combatant.