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combustible

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com⋅bus⋅ti⋅ble

  [kuhm-buhs-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable: Gasoline vapor is highly combustible.
2. easily excited: a high-strung, combustible nature.
–noun
3. a combustible substance: Trucks carrying combustibles will not be allowed to use this tunnel.
Origin:
1520–30; < LL combūstibilis. See combust, -ible

Related forms:
com⋅bus⋅ti⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, com⋅bus⋅ti⋅ble⋅ness, noun
com⋅bus⋅ti⋅bly, adverb
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com·bus·ti·ble   (kəm-bŭs'tə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Capable of igniting and burning.

  2. Easily aroused or excited.

n.  A substance that ignites and burns readily.
com·bus'ti·bil'i·ty n., com·bus'ti·bly adv.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: com·bus·ti·ble
Pronunciation: k&m-'b&s-t&-b&l
Function: adjective
: capable of combustion<combustible anesthetics>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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combustible com·bus·ti·ble (kəm-bŭs'tə-bəl)
adj.
Capable of igniting and burning. n.
A substance that ignites and burns readily.

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