How to Use accelerant in a Sentence

accelerant

noun

• Shawn Krizaj, the city’s fire chief, said that no signs of accelerants were found at the scene.
  — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2019
• But the structure of the current bail out could act as an accelerant on the trend.
  — J.c. Pan, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2020
• In this race against time, Morgan is an accelerant, both on and off the field.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
• The jar was about half full of a clear fluid that smelled like an accelerant, the complaint says.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2023
• The cause of the fire is unknown and there were no signs of accelerants, according to WDIV.
  — Brandon Patterson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2018
• The person used an accelerant to ignite a large fire in the hallway of the 20-unit complex.
  — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2018
• Murn sprayed her with a flammable accelerant then threw a match on her, setting her ablaze.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2020
• James was not able to say whether the torch lighter was used to ignite the couch or whether any accelerant, such as lighter fluid, was used.
  — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• The items often were set ablaze with jet fuel as the accelerant.
  — Perry Chiaramonte | Fox News, Fox News, 7 June 2018
• The items were often set ablaze with jet fuel as the accelerant.
  — Fox News, 21 Dec. 2021
• Abdi poured flammable accelerant on the floor, lit a trash can on fire and knocked it over toward the trail of flammable liquid.
  — Andy Mannix, Star Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• Parts of the video screen turn a bright amber as flames shoot up at the side of the garage when the man lights the accelerant, nearly catching himself on fire.
  — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• Covid was an accelerant, but the match was already lit.
  — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022
• Still, the Ithaca police chief at the time told reporters that a chemist had found an accelerant.
  — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• Officers found a gas tank, believed to be the accelerant, near the front door inside and a lighter on the ground outside.
  — Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2019
• The war in Ukraine is the latest accelerant that can hasten the trend towards crypto.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2022
• First responders found a man in his 40s with burns on one of his hands that occurred overnight from some type of accelerant.
  — oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2022
• Fire accelerants were found inside the home, Williams said.
  — Washington Post, 9 July 2019
• But his career has gotten a major accelerant, to say the least, this year.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 May 2024
• The Covid-19 pandemic, of course, has been a great accelerant.
  — A.j. Ghergich, Forbes, 2 May 2022
• But passion turns out to be a great accelerant for your career.
  — Tracy Brower, Forbes, 4 July 2022
• That meant the second-floor blaze could not possibly have been set with an accelerant from above.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
• Inside the car was an accelerant for fires, other weapons and gas masks, police said.
  — Mark Morales and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 6 June 2020
• As a result of the search conducted by the dogs, there was an indication that the suspects used some type of accelerant to start the fires.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024
• One of the reasons why: The bomb contained a lethal accelerant, found in some of the world’s most powerful munitions.
  — David Hambling, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2008
• The group cut up glycerine-type soap into small pieces and added them to a fuel mixture of gas and diesel to create a gel for the accelerant.
  — oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2022
• The videos of the banner burning shows someone squirting what appears to be an accelerant on the sign as flames consume it.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2020
• Garner sprayed the accelerant on the exterior of the bar.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022
• The election of Donald Trump as president was a product and accelerant of that dysfunction—but not its cause.
  — Matthew Duss, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2020
• Police believe the suspect, later determined to be a 70-year-old man, may have used an accelerant.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024