as in combustible
capable of catching or being set on fire
don't put something so burnable as a towel next to the stove
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Recent Examples of burnable
Following fire officials’ recommendations can mean clearing defensible space around homes, replacing fire-prone plants and limiting or removing burnable material, such as wood fencing and sheds.
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Elizabeth A. Logan, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Elizabeth A. Logan, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burnable
Adjective
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If those Lakers — combustible and bored but built better than every other team on the planet at the time — could turn the triple play, so can Roberts’ drama-free superteam.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
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The multibillion-dollar LNG facility is the heart of Qatar’s export industry, but Ras Laffan is also inherently vulnerable to an attack due the nature of processing combustible natural gas into a liquid through miles of pipelines.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Police have arrested two more people over an attempt to place a homemade explosive device outside the Paris headquarters of Bank of America, the French domestic security service said Sunday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Best Time to Do These Exercises Plyometric and explosive work should be performed at the beginning of a session, after the warm-up, when the body is fresh.—
Jim Diehl CSCS,
Outside,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Officers arrested him and accused the suspect of placing a device consisting of two bottles of flammable liquid secured with adhesive tape and 650 grams of explosive powder.—
Chase Jordan
March 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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The truck, officials said, was filled with explosives and flammable liquid believed to be gasoline.—
Holmes Lybrand,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Many works of Georges Méliès are even believed to have been burned as the original negatives, as the nitrate film stock is incredibly fragile and inflammable.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Burnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burnable. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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