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flammable

adjective as in easily set afire

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According to their research, the Aleppo pine's highly flammable leaves and cones have increased the risks of fire.

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Her own recent study found levels of flammable forest undergrowth surged in southeastern Australia after European colonists arrived.

As fires devour flammable brush and vegetation, the heat propels burning embers upward.

Typically, fires make an area less prone to another fire soon after, since they burn up much of the most flammable fuels, which can take many years to grow back.

The ballots are nearly airtight and testing by fire officials “showed that anything flammable should extinguish very quickly,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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