combustible
adjective
com·bus·ti·ble
kəm-ˈbə-stə-bəl 
1
: capable of combustion
combustible materials, such as paper, leaves, and sawdust
combustible gases
2
: easily excited
a combustible temper
The coach had to keep the combustible players under control.
Examples of combustible in a Sentence
The fuel is highly combustible.
don't store oily rags and other combustible materials in a hot attic
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
Without home insurance, banks won’t lend and construction won’t start in these predictably combustible areas on the outskirts of our cities and at the edge of nature.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
The booth will be brimming with displays of California native plants provided by the Theodore Payne Foundation, along with handouts in English and Spanish about how to create fire-resilient landscapes using native plants and how to avoid and/or replace invasive (and highly combustible) plants.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
An all-out trade war between the United States and China would inject sparks into an already combustible relationship.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Combustible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/combustible. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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combustible
adjective
com·bus·ti·ble
kəm-ˈbəs-tə-bəl
1
: capable of being burned
2
: catching fire or burning easily
combustible
noun
Medical Definition
combustible
adjective
com·bus·ti·ble
kəm-ˈbəs-tə-bəl
: capable of combustion
combustible anesthetics
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