How to Use accelerant in a Sentence

accelerant

noun

• Murn sprayed her with a flammable accelerant then threw a match on her, setting her ablaze.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2020
• But the structure of the current bail out could act as an accelerant on the trend.
  — J.c. Pan, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2020
• Shawn Krizaj, the city’s fire chief, said that no signs of accelerants were found at the scene.
  — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2019
• But passion turns out to be a great accelerant for your career.
  — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 4 July 2022
• The items often were set ablaze with jet fuel as the accelerant.
  — Perry Chiaramonte | Fox News, Fox News, 7 June 2018
• The items were often set ablaze with jet fuel as the accelerant.
  — Fox News, 21 Dec. 2021
• The jar was about half full of a clear fluid that smelled like an accelerant, the complaint says.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2023
• In this race against time, Morgan is an accelerant, both on and off the field.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
• Grilling Don't use lighter fluid or an accelerant to light your grill.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 27 June 2024
• That meant the second-floor blaze could not possibly have been set with an accelerant from above.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
• But his career has gotten a major accelerant, to say the least, this year.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 May 2024
• Inside the car was an accelerant for fires, other weapons and gas masks, police said.
  — Mark Morales and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 6 June 2020
• James was not able to say whether the torch lighter was used to ignite the couch or whether any accelerant, such as lighter fluid, was used.
  — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• Abdi poured flammable accelerant on the floor, lit a trash can on fire and knocked it over toward the trail of flammable liquid.
  — Andy Mannix, Star Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• The suspect used an accelerant, believed to be gasoline, to set the fire at the building.
  — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
• Still, the Ithaca police chief at the time told reporters that a chemist had found an accelerant.
  — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• Sanford used gasoline as an accelerant to light the church on fire, officials said.
  — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
• The fireworks were in a shopping cart, which the man doused with an accelerant and lit on fire, according to those sources.
  — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 20 July 2026
• Jabbar set the fire in a linen closet and placed accelerants in the other rooms at the residence.
  — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
• One party has a media ecosystem that serves as a guardrail, and the other has one that serves only as an accelerant.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Sep. 2017
• Officials say the shop had been doused with accelerants and set on fire to destroy evidence.
  — Andy Sevilla, Austin American Statesman, 26 Sep. 2025
• The adhesive holds wispy magnesium flakes and fine grasses in place, and serves as a fire accelerant.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 28 Dec. 2020
• Officers found a gas tank, believed to be the accelerant, near the front door inside and a lighter on the ground outside.
  — Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2019
• First responders found a man in his 40s with burns on one of his hands that occurred overnight from some type of accelerant.
  — oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2022
• The attorneys also say that there is no proof of an accelerant being present on Michael's shoes.
  — Emily Wichick and Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2022
• The war in Ukraine is the latest accelerant that can hasten the trend towards crypto.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2022
• The person used an accelerant to ignite a large fire in the hallway of the 20-unit complex.
  — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2018
• Lauren Luyendyk held the flaming sneakers with a pair of grilling tongs as her husband doused them with accelerant.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• Officers were called to the area on a shots fired report, and then learned an accelerant was used to set a home on fire before those rounds were fired.
  — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
• Parts of the video screen turn a bright amber as flames shoot up at the side of the garage when the man lights the accelerant, nearly catching himself on fire.
  — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2021