as in incombustible
incapable of being burned
firefighting gear is made of noncombustible material
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Recent Examples of noncombustible
Hapi Homes, a modular home company, is seeing skyrocketing demand thanks to its noncombustible light-gauge steel framing.
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Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
So houses are mostly Mediterranean, wrapped with stucco or fiber cement — noncombustible materials — with a few splashes of stone and brick thrown in.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
It was intended, in part, to redirect adult smokers to noncombustible products such as e-cigarettes.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
Steps like installing a roof with noncombustible coverings or clearing away flammable vegetation near a home can limit the damage.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
So houses are mostly Mediterranean, wrapped with stucco or fiber cement — noncombustible materials — with a few splashes of stone and brick thrown in.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
It was intended, in part, to redirect adult smokers to noncombustible products such as e-cigarettes.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
Steps like installing a roof with noncombustible coverings or clearing away flammable vegetation near a home can limit the damage.
—Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncombustible
Adjective
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The Tribune claimed its four-story building constructed of stone, brick and iron at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison streets was incombustible.—
Chicago Tribune staff,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2022
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The Chicago Tribune claimed its four-story building constructed of stone, brick and iron at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison streets was incombustible.—
Kori Rumore,
chicagotribune.com,
1 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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In 2021, firefighters wrapped trees with fireproof aluminum blankets in the famous Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, home to five of Earth’s 10 largest trees, including the biggest of them all, the General Sherman Tree.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Its first offices consisted of two rooms and a fireproof vault in the old courthouse (built in 1874) in Washington.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The second was to build what amounts to a nonflammable moat around a home to prevent embers from alighting on anything next to a house that could burn and ignite the structure.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Keep vehicles off dry grass Properly discard cigarettes or anything flammable (think ashtrays or a nonflammable container, not the ground, and fully snuffed out) The air quality, however, is not dangerous, according to AirNow, which reports the official U.S. air quality.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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“Noncombustible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncombustible. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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