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combustible

[kuhm-buhs-tuh-buhl] / kəmˈbʌs tə bəl /


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The beetles strip plants of their leaves, leaving combustible woody stems, he said.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Other areas had gone without fire for more than 100 years, allowing dead wood, shrubs, and other combustible material to accumulate.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

And when the action reaches its combustible Sam Shepardesque climax, Stephanie Kerley Schwartz’s transformed set leaves little room for the confrontation scene that Flynn directs at full throttle.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Automakers are also racing to shift away from combustible engines under EU rules that call for 90 percent of all cars sold in the bloc to be electric by 2035.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

It was difficult to think of the ever-combative, highly combustible champion of the American Revolution as extraneous and invisible, but that is what the vice presidency had made him.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

It appears that combustibles were largely removed from the under-deck area, and the ember exposure of the deck was lessened because it faces the ocean, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2023

"Our performance in U.S. combustibles has been disappointing," newly appointed Chief Executive Tadeu Marroco said in a statement.

From Reuters Jun. 6, 2023

Renaldo said workers were using blowtorches on the building’s exterior before the fire and that heat may have transferred through brick or mortar to the interior and ignited paper or other combustibles.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2023

But with battery fires, he said, “we go from no problem whatsoever to a fully involved fire. If there are any combustibles around that bike, they will be on fire in a second.”

From Slate Feb. 20, 2023

We formed a ring around the base of the tree, and one by one deposited our combustibles at the trunk.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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