lighter fluid
noun
1
: the liquid in a lighter (such as a cigarette lighter) that is its fuel
2
: a liquid accelerant used especially to ignite charcoal briquettes for grilling food
The average back-yard chef, wishing to cook hamburgers, tries to ignite the charcoal via the Squirt, Light and Wait Method, wherein you squirt lighter fluid on a pile of briquettes, light the pile, then wait until they have turned a uniform grey.—
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The attendees had lighter fluid tossed around them and eggs thrown at them with injuries and bloodshed, according to news reports.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Feb. 2025
Horsman then ran out, grabbed a gallon of lighter fluid and dumped it on Pomerleau, police said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
In the 1995 movie Waiting to Exhale, a heartbroken, fed up Bernadine Harris (played by Angela Bassett) gets revenge on her deceitful husband and releases her pain by piling his wardrobe into the back of his luxury car before dousing it all in lighter fluid and setting it ablaze.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 23 June 2025
Court documents, obtained by The Associated Press, show Johnson walked into the convenience store Harris was working at with a bottle of lighter fluid and a cigarette lighter.
—Stepheny Price , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
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Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Feb. 2025
Horsman then ran out, grabbed a gallon of lighter fluid and dumped it on Pomerleau, police said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
In the 1995 movie Waiting to Exhale, a heartbroken, fed up Bernadine Harris (played by Angela Bassett) gets revenge on her deceitful husband and releases her pain by piling his wardrobe into the back of his luxury car before dousing it all in lighter fluid and setting it ablaze.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 23 June 2025
Court documents, obtained by The Associated Press, show Johnson walked into the convenience store Harris was working at with a bottle of lighter fluid and a cigarette lighter.
—Stepheny Price , Lorraine Taylor, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for lighter fluid
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“Lighter fluid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lighter%20fluid. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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