combustible
adjective
com·bus·ti·ble
kəm-ˈbə-stə-bəl 
1
: capable of combustion
combustible materials, such as paper, leaves, and sawdust
combustible gases
2
: easily excited
a combustible temper
The coach had to keep the combustible players under control.
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Examples of combustible in a Sentence
The fuel is highly combustible.
don't store oily rags and other combustible materials in a hot attic
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Of course, rules to reduce nicotine in cigarettes would have no impact on nicotine in e-cigarettes, which have largely replaced combustible tobacco as one of the main ways young people now consume nicotine.
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Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
The response to Los Angeles’s worst fire crisis in history has been complicated by Santa Ana winds and dry, combustible terrain.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
Additionally, if there is a focus on expanding oil supplies in the U.S., as the incoming Trump administration has promised, both hybrids and traditional combustible engines could benefit from lower fuel prices.
—Rudy Salo, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Trump has torn into his former aides, and Republicans have raised fears that such language could contribute to a combustible political environment that has already produced two attempts on Trump's life.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
The response to Los Angeles’s worst fire crisis in history has been complicated by Santa Ana winds and dry, combustible terrain.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
Additionally, if there is a focus on expanding oil supplies in the U.S., as the incoming Trump administration has promised, both hybrids and traditional combustible engines could benefit from lower fuel prices.
—Rudy Salo, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Trump has torn into his former aides, and Republicans have raised fears that such language could contribute to a combustible political environment that has already produced two attempts on Trump's life.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Combustible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/combustible. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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combustible
adjective
com·bus·ti·ble
kəm-ˈbəs-tə-bəl
1
: capable of being burned
2
: catching fire or burning easily
combustible
noun
Medical Definition
combustible
adjective
com·bus·ti·ble
kəm-ˈbəs-tə-bəl
: capable of combustion
combustible anesthetics
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