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Answer for the clue "Burn quickly ", 10 letters:
deflagrate

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v. cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity; "care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated" burn with great heat and intense light; "the powder deflagrated"

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Deflagrate \Def"la*grate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deflagrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflagrating .] [L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn.] (Chem.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap ...

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vb. (context physics English) To burn with intense light and heat. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.