variants
also ignitible
as in explosive
capable of catching or being set on fire
gasoline fumes are quite ignitable
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Adjective
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Moscow has welcomed the radical U.S. shift in rhetoric and policy, which culminated in an explosive Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting last month.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2025 -
The larger simulated star burned through its fuel in just 2.6 million years before meeting its own explosive end, showering a whopping 55 solar masses of oxygen (more than 18 million Earth masses) into space.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Despite this reprieve, the NIH supported by the federal government will challenge the ruling amidst a combustible political backdrop of a U.S. President continuing to argue that his legislative agenda is being stymied by political opponents.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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First responders also recommend ensuring space between combustible items and your home, cleaning pine needles and leaves from rooftops and gutters, and decluttering the inside of the home to help curb a fire’s spread and prevent the loss of important items.—
Tyler Faurot,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In this region — as in many across the state — people are willing to accept the tradeoff of living in a beautiful yet flammable landscape.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Several years ago, an engineer who worked for the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety wanted to replace flammable pine straw mulch with gravel.—
Ron Lieber,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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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“Ignitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignitable. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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