Definition of flammable
: capable of being easily ignited and of burning quickly
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Examples of flammable in a Sentence
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Recent Examples of flammable from the Web
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Camden council, in north London, was one of the first to try to move residents out of towers with the flammable aluminium-composite cladding, in the days after the Grenfell fire.
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Wet collections preserved in flammable liquids are housed in buildings that don’t have appropriate fire prevention systems.
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Kensington and Chelsea Council has faced anger for its slow response to the fire, as well as over alleged cost-cutting during the renovations that covered the tower in flammable aluminum cladding.
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Workers used metal blades to cut the drums containing unknown and potentially flammable chemicals, creating a risk of explosion.
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While authorities pursue evidence of criminal behavior, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered safety tests for around 600 high-rise buildings in England that may contain flammable cladding.
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The government is scrambling to test panels similar to those used at Grenfell Tower, and has found at least 75 buildings covered in similarly flammable material.
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The government is scrambling to test panels similar to those used at Grenfell Tower, and has found at least 60 buildings covered in similarly flammable material.
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Builders in Britain were allowed to wrap residential apartment towers — perhaps several hundred of them — from top to bottom in highly flammable materials, a practice forbidden in the United States and many European countries.
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Origin and Etymology of flammable
Latin flammare to flame, set on fire, from flamma
FLAMMABLE Defined for English Language Learners
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: capable of being set on fire and of burning quickly
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: capable of being easily set on fire and of burning quickly
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