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

Word definitions for deflagrate in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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"

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

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deflagrate \Def"la*grate\, v. t. (Chem.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.