combustible
Example Sentences
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“Bamboo scaffolding is combustible,” said Jiang Liming, a professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University who studies fire safety.
The report argued that, due to tightly packed combustible structures amid an accumulation of flammable vegetation, “nearly all” communities are “unsuitable” for sheltering in place.
From Los Angeles Times
The online records did not say anything about combustible dust, or any other explosive hazard at Palmer.
From Seattle Times
To presume to speak of it too knowingly is to handle combustible material and to risk the ire of those who think it’s exclusively theirs.
From Washington Post
The committee is also looking at possible changes to regulations that don’t classify trains as high hazardous flammable, so long as they fall under certain thresholds for the number of railcars carrying combustible liquids.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
