Thesaurus results for DEFLAGRATES

deflagrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of deflagrate

as in lights (up)

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deflagrates

Verb

This is the area where, if an ember lands and ignites something — a pile of firewood, a trash can or a deck — fire can break into the house and burn it down.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Continue reading … DOUBLE STANDARD — Attorney warns higher education is 'failing' as student faith fight ignites.

— , FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignites

Verb

After all, what could go wrong sitting atop three million barrels of oil while a hostile country fires missiles and drones at it?

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Andrew Garfield stars as Altman, with Anora‘s Yura Borisov playing Ilya Sutskever, the chief scientific officer and co-founder of OpenAI who fires Altman.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of fires

Verb

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

Verb

Between the two telescopes, the blue and red Trifid Nebula glows to the left of the larger and redder Lagoon Nebula, all within the Sagittarius constellation.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Show Caption 1 of 43 A Chicago Bears digital billboard glows at sunrise just off of Route 53 at the former Arlington International Racecourse on May 23, 2025, in Arlington Heights.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of glows

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

deflagrated

deflagrates

deflagrating

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Deflagrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflagrates. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of deflagrates

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

jilt

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

Popular in Wordplay

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes