deflagrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of deflagrate
as in lights (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deflagrates
  1. ignites
  2. fires
  3. kindles
  4. glows
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  • Compressed gas ejects the missile from its vertical launch cell before its main engine ignites above the ship.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
  • Next door in Idaho, the National Interagency Fire Center recently went to its highest preparedness level, meaning if another major fire ignites out here there won't be enough federal resources available to respond.
    — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 29 July 2026
Definition of ignites
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  • Kyiv often fires hundreds of drones into Russia in retaliation for Russia launching hundreds of its own drones and dozens of missiles at Ukrainian towns and cities.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Zelenskyy is keen to move quickly on a coproduction agreement as Russia relentlessly fires ballistic missiles that are hard to stop and cause civilian casualties as well as inflicting huge damage on civilian areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of fires
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  • While Martin Scorsese called it one of the scariest movies of all time, The Uninvited kindles a wonderful romance between Rick and Stella.
    — Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The star of Big Little Lies confessed her new film, Caught Stealing, kindles a powerful yearning for some aspects of the era.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Definition of kindles
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  • Think golden butter blondes, radiant warm ambers, and deep brunettes with seamless dimension that glows.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 29 July 2026
  • This painstakingly restored 4K version looks and sounds gorgeous; cinematographer Dante Spinotti’s work glows with saturated vibrancy, and Michel Rubini and the Reds’ score vibrates on a spooky synth frequency.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Definition of glows
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“Deflagrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflagrates. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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