deflagration

deflagration
    n 1: combustion that propagates through a gas or along the
         surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the
         transfer of heat
    

Deflagration \Def`la*gra"tion\, n. [L. deflagratio: cf. F.
   d['e]flagration.]
   1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and
      deflagrations." --Bp. Pearson.
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   2. (Chem.) The act or process of deflagrating.
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41 Moby Thesaurus words for "deflagration":
      blaze, blazing, blistering, branding, burning, burst, calcination,
      carbonization, cauterization, cautery, cineration, combustion,
      concremation, cracking, cremation, cupellation,
      destructive distillation, distillation, distilling, flaming, flare,
      flare-up, flash, flash fire, incineration, outburst, oxidation,
      oxidization, parching, pyrolysis, refining, scorching,
      scorification, searing, self-immolation, singeing, smelting,
      suttee, the stake, thermogenesis, vesication