combustive

Example Sentences

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He was described as a combustive mixture of "victimhood and arrogance".

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

Chase can be emotionally combustive and the Browns know it.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Thomas and Sumbry sometimes sound like the free-jazz pioneers Cecil Taylor and Sunny Murray going at it; elsewhere, Wilkins and the drummer collide with the combustive power of John Coltrane and Elvin Jones.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2022

A few tracks with more spirited rhythms would have made “Walk Through Fire” an even more combustive listen, but there’s plenty of quality on hand and Yola is definitely a keeper.

From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2019

Estimates have been carefully made, and we are gravely informed of the probable amount of combustive material required to supply the sun's demands for given periods.

From New and Original Theories of the Great Physical Forces by Rogers, Henry Raymond