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View synonyms for flammable
flammable
[ flam-uh-buhl ]
flammable
/ ˈflæməbəl /
adjective
- liable to catch fire; readily combustible; inflammable
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Usage
Flammable and inflammable are interchangeable when used of the properties of materials. Flammable is, however, often preferred for warning labels as there is less likelihood of misunderstanding ( inflammable being sometimes taken to mean not flammable ). Inflammable is preferred in figurative contexts: this could prove to be an inflammable situation
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Confusables Note
See inflammable.
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Derived Forms
- ˌflammaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- flam·ma·bil·i·ty [flam-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flammable1
First recorded in 1805–15; from Latin flammā(re) “to set on fire” + -ble
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Example Sentences
That can happen, according to the report, when (flammable) methane leaks out of fracking wells and into drinking water.
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He doused himself with two plastic bottles of flammable liquids, and he set himself on fire.
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Ordinary people flocked to the Maidan, burning anything flammable and uprooting hunks of pavement to throw at police.
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The cabin was quickly engulfed, accelerated by highly flammable tear gas.
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Hearings for Supreme Court justices, decisions of war, flammable federal scandals.
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