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combustible

[kuhm-buhs-tuh-buhl]

adjective

  1. capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable.

    Gasoline vapor is highly combustible.

  2. easily excited.

    a high-strung, combustible nature.



noun

  1. a combustible substance.

    Trucks carrying combustibles will not be allowed to use this tunnel.

combustible

/ əˈʌəə /

adjective

  1. capable of igniting and burning

  2. easily annoyed; excitable

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a combustible substance

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • combustibility noun
  • combustibleness noun
  • combustibly adverb
  • uncombustible adjective
  • dzˌܲپˈٲ noun
  • dzˈܲپ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of combustible1

From the Late Latin word dzūپ, dating back to 1520–30. See combust, -ible
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“This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation … . Anxiety for families and friends ramped up. Protests started again … . Several dozen lawbreakers became violent and destructive.”

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“This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers, and even our National Guard at risk,” Newsom said.

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In recent months, Lee has tried to smooth the rougher edges of his public persona, vowing to mend the country’s increasingly combustible partisan rifts.

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So we are concerned about new wildfire protection regulations being developed by California that would prohibit almost all plants and other combustible material within 5 feet of homes, an area known as “Zone 0.”

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The report authors hope that the rebuilding process will bring better knowledge about managing the ways homes interact with the potentially combustible environment around them.

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