as in combustible
capable of catching or being set on fire some pajamas are made of inflammable material, so be careful

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Recent Examples of inflammable The bag was filled with inflammable gas. San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2023 Garg said the fire started on the first floor of the building on Friday evening and spread quickly to other areas where inflammable plastic material used to manufacture equipment including security cameras and a large quantity of cardboard used for packaging were stored. Fox News, 14 May 2022 To build the next generation of better-shielded, lightweight spacecraft, engineers will have to figure out how to safely enclose the shielding material inside something airtight and inflammable. Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2019 On the other hand, the batteries are sensitive to high temperatures and inherently inflammable. Yiwen Lu, Washington Post, 27 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for inflammable 
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Adjective
  • The study found a greater chance that drier, more combustible conditions will now overlap with the peak Santa Ana wind season in December and January.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Prior to leaving office, Biden also advanced a separate tobacco regulation, one that would set maximum nicotine levels for combustible cigarettes and effectively ban all cigarettes currently available in the United States.
    Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Los Aptos represent the explosive future that, alongside the success of artists like León, regional Mexican music can achieve within the next half-decade.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Van de Ven’s presence will mean Tottenham can afford to push up high knowing the Dutchman has the explosive pace to track back and sweep up Brentford’s attacks.
    Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
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  • But the Warriors traded no risk, no reward for a flammable, ceiling-raising swing.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • They were crowded together, next to flammable brushland, and accessed by narrow, winding roads that struggled to accommodate two-way traffic or firetrucks.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025

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“Inflammable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflammable. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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