flammable
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As for the yard, residents clear dead debris and remove anything flammable near the house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Only those assessed as high or medium risk will require the cladding to be removed, but all categories permit the cladding to be flammable.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Barth said replacing flammable pine forests with mixed woodlands would help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
In forests, peat is an accumulation of spongy, highly flammable, carbon-rich material formed over time through the decomposition of plant matter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Even worse, though, a chemical reaction that was occurring in the high heat of the reactor core was producing highly flammable hydrogen gas.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Power Suffix: -able
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