flammable
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For example, when pure lithium comes into contact with water, it produces heat and releases hydrogen gas, which is extremely flammable.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
Hydrogen is leakier and more flammable, and it burns hotter and faster than gas.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
With both ships laden with flammable cargo, the danger in the event of a collision was obvious, the court was told.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
In 2015, blasts at warehouses containing flammable chemicals in the port city of Tianjin killed more than 170 people and injured 700 others.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 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
Vocabulary lists containing flammable
Power Suffix: -able
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