flammable
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These findings don’t demonstrate that protected areas are inherently more flammable or that protection itself increases wildfire risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Some regions have significantly increased residential development in wildlands, creating a dangerous combination of flammable plants, vulnerable homes and residents capable of sparking fires — on purpose or by accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The fierce fires ravaging parts of France and Spain are the result of forests and vegetation becoming more flammable because of drought and a series of record-breaking heatwaves that have hit Western Europe since May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service tested the flammability of counterfeit shirts compared with genuine kit and found the fake kits were much more flammable.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Chicago probably would have been resurrected in the image of its old — and dangerously flammable — self, if two events had not intervened.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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Power Suffix: -able
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