Nitre deflagrateswith Sulphur on account of the Phlogiston which the latter contains.
Tin mixed with nitre and exposed to the fire deflagrates with it, makes it detonate, and is immediately converted to a refractory calx: for so all substances are called which are incapable of fusion.
The needle-like Salt is no other than Nitre that hath not suffered any decomposition, and actually deflagrates on live coals like common Nitre.
The vegetable burns and deflagrates rapidly, till all its Oil is consumed.
It deflagrateswhen thrown upon incandescent carbon, and when mixed with sulphur (1/3 by weight) it ignites it on being struck, in which case an explosion takes place.
If saltpetre is the adulterating ingredient, the sample deflagrates when thrown upon burning coals.
When saturated with carbonate of potassium or sodium, and evaporated to dryness, the residuum deflagrates when thrown on burning coals.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "deflagrates" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
