as in combustible
capable of catching or being set on fire
avoid wearing loose flammable clothing when using the blowtorch
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Recent Examples of flammable
And Sankey and his athletic directors should leave in the Gulf of Mexico the especially flammable pile of kindling that Petitti has been trying to sell them.
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Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Moss then returned to the Lafayette Ave. building, poured the flammable liquid on the floor and used a cigarette lighter to start the blaze, officials said.
—Shawn Inglima, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
That energy is distributed across hundreds of lithium-ion pouch cells, which are sealed in flammable electrolyte and separated by polymer films as thin as snack-bag plastic.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
Dry air conditions in the aircraft cabin can also make fuel more flammable.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025
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Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Moss then returned to the Lafayette Ave. building, poured the flammable liquid on the floor and used a cigarette lighter to start the blaze, officials said.
—Shawn Inglima, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
That energy is distributed across hundreds of lithium-ion pouch cells, which are sealed in flammable electrolyte and separated by polymer films as thin as snack-bag plastic.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
Dry air conditions in the aircraft cabin can also make fuel more flammable.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flammable
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The pellet mills, which have a history of setting on fire and producing piles of combustible dust, have to be built in clearings within forests so that woody fuel can be delivered.—
Tom Brown,
Wired News,
14 June 2025
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Unlike combustible products, many vaping devices are small, odorless and very easy to conceal.—
Adriana Espinosa,
The Conversation,
12 June 2025
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While the Yankees weren’t too explosive on their annual fireworks night, their three runs proved plenty with Tim Hill, Fernando Cruz, Luke Weaver and Devin Williams keeping the A’s off the board.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2025
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The 30,000-pound bomb consists of steel, explosive and a fuse programmed to a specific detonation time.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2025
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And all this against an inflammable backdrop of geopolitical crises including but not limited to the Israel-Hamas war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.—
John Leicester,
Quartz,
15 Apr. 2024
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Heat also stresses old electrical systems — insulation breaks down; lubricants in relays dry out — and a not-insignificant amount of the subway’s electrical wiring dates to the 1920s and 1930s, some of it cloth-covered, inflammable, and pervious to water.—
Curbed,
Curbed,
28 July 2023
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“Flammable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flammable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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