combustible
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Evidence presented at hearings last week showed that government departments failed to effectively address residents' complaints about construction workers smoking on site and the use of combustible building materials during renovations.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Queens Park Rangers' demise was less nostalgia-tinged decline and more a combustible two-season spell fuelled by big reputations earning bigger bucks.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
The romantic intrigue involving Hedda, Lovborg and Thea is more passionately combustible than the one involving Hedda, George and Judge Brack.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
The calm that followed has been imposed rather than negotiated, leaving the situation highly combustible.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
Ghosts were not combustible, and neither was mesarthium, so there had been no risk of her setting the citadel alight.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing combustible
Automobiles
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100 Great Words from "Fahrenheit 451" -- Part I Vocabulary
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The Great Fire
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