Pronounced: sin-uh-STER-uh-tee, noun
Notes: You may know the definition; I didn’t realize this was a word
Yesterday’s word
The word deflagrate means
- to burn rapidly with intense heat and sparks being given off
- to cause something to burn in such a manner
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1700s
Background / Comments
Well, since “deflate” is the opposite of “inflate”, I thought our word would means the opposite of inflame or ignite, but it does not (in that respect, it is like how “flammable” and “inflammable” mean the same thing). Our word came from the Latin prefix de- (down; away) and the Latin verb flagrare (to burn).
