ignitable

adjective

variants also ignitible
Definition of ignitablenext
as in explosive
capable of catching or being set on fire gasoline fumes are quite ignitable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignitable
  1. explosive
  2. combustible
  3. flammable
  4. inflammable
Adjective
  • Keep an eye on the explosive Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cesar Almeida.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • That defense showed up in Week 18, holding the explosive Bengals to 19 points in another loss, but the Ravens are much-more balanced and have a bigger array of weapons, Derrick Henry chief among them.
    Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of explosive
Adjective
  • 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.
    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
Definition of combustible
Adjective
  • Winter nights are freezing, and fires are impossible to light inside the flammable nylon edifice.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Concerns About Flammability With Spray Sunscreen Many spray sunscreen products contain flammable ingredients, such as alcohol.14 The FDA notes there have been cases of people applying and wearing spray sunscreen near open flames, catching fire, and suffering significant burns.
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of flammable
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of inflammable
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