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
Analyst Carl Schuster, a former US Navy captain, said fires are always a danger on warships, which carry a lot of flammable material.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Fire suppression practices that don’t allow low-intensity fires to burn can lead to the accumulation of flammable vegetation, raising the risk of intense fires.
—Seyd Teymoor Seydi, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
Matthiesson slept in makeshift shelters and built fires out of yak dung, one of the few flammable materials available at this altitude—plants only exist as memories.
—Kate McMahon, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
This stuff is a powerful oxidizer that, while not flammable by itself, will accelerate and intensify combustion of rubber balloons, clothing, hair, skin, eye tissue and other things that burn when used around open flames such as bongs, joints, and cigarettes.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Fire suppression practices that don’t allow low-intensity fires to burn can lead to the accumulation of flammable vegetation, raising the risk of intense fires.
—Seyd Teymoor Seydi, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
Matthiesson slept in makeshift shelters and built fires out of yak dung, one of the few flammable materials available at this altitude—plants only exist as memories.
—Kate McMahon, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
This stuff is a powerful oxidizer that, while not flammable by itself, will accelerate and intensify combustion of rubber balloons, clothing, hair, skin, eye tissue and other things that burn when used around open flames such as bongs, joints, and cigarettes.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flammable
Adjective
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That combustible set-up blew up in the faces of the bears who needed nothing short of a Powell decrying everything Trump, not realizing that Powell favors two wonderful factors: honesty and truth.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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De Zerbi’s outbursts, which are often echoed by comparably provocative public pronouncements by Benatia, seem designed to keep the notoriously combustible club living in a permanent state of heightened tension.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have boasted one of the most explosive offenses in football since quarterback Baker Mayfield arrived in 2023, and the Buccaneers paying Mayfield back for it.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Gaines found ways to be explosive, running for 9 or more yards on three carries, with a long of 14.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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