flammable
easily set on fire; combustible; inflammable.
Origin of flammable
1confusables note For flammable
Other words from flammable
- flam·ma·bil·i·ty [flam-uh-bil-i-tee], /ˌflæm əˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
Words Nearby flammable
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How to use flammable in a sentence
The roof is already metal—a good thing—but the more I looked at the log cabin and its wooden deck and all the places embers could land and wedge in flammable places, I realized there was only so much we could do.
At Glacier’s Edge, the Flames Have Always Come for My Family Cabin | jversteegh | August 20, 2021 | Outside OnlineThat’s because there’ll simply be less, or less flammable, fuel to burn.
The pandemic slashed the West Coast’s emissions. Wildfires already reversed it. | James Temple | July 27, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewUsually, ordering the seizure of a country’s sovereign assets is a flammable move, and courts take their time to execute and enforce such orders.
A Scottish energy company is using foreign courts to seize Indian assets | Samanth Subramanian | July 8, 2021 | QuartzA record-breaking September heat wave, along with preceding summer heat, led to highly flammable vegetation west of the Cascades, a region that rarely sees severe fires.
Seattle, Portland and Spokane brace for ‘unprecedented’ heat wave | Jason Samenow, Diana Leonard | June 25, 2021 | Washington PostThe barrier stops flammable gas migrating into surrounding buildings leading to multiple explosions.
Engineers raise alarms over the risk of major explosions at LNG plants | Will Englund | June 3, 2021 | Washington Post
That can happen, according to the report, when (flammable) methane leaks out of fracking wells and into drinking water.
He doused himself with two plastic bottles of flammable liquids, and he set himself on fire.
Suicidal Anti-war Protest Shocks Japan as It Rethinks Pacifist Constitution | Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOrdinary people flocked to the Maidan, burning anything flammable and uprooting hunks of pavement to throw at police.
Ukraine’s Bloody Crackdown Enters Its Third Day | Oleg Shynkarenko | February 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe cabin was quickly engulfed, accelerated by highly flammable tear gas.
Hearings for Supreme Court justices, decisions of war, flammable federal scandals.
Senate Panel Quizzes Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan on Colombian Prostitutes | Daniel Stone | May 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for flammable
/ (ˈflæməbəl) /
liable to catch fire; readily combustible; inflammable
usage For flammable
Derived forms of flammable
- flammability, noun
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