Combustible meaning

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The definition of combustible is something that is prone to catching fire or is being excitable or easily annoyed.

Flammable material is an example of something that would be described as combustible.

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Capable of igniting and burning.
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Easily aroused or excited.
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A substance that ignites and burns readily.
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That catches fire and burns easily; flammable.
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Easily aroused; excitable; fiery.
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A flammable substance.
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Capable of burning.

Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught on fire.

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(figuratively) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
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A material that is capable of burning.
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Origin of combustible

From Middle French combustible

Sentence Examples

  • The views of Becher on the composition of substances mark little essential advance on those of the two preceding centuries, and the three elements or principles of salt, mercury and sulphur reappear as the vitrifiable, the mercurial and the combustible earths.

  • Mixed with air, like every other combustible gas, acetylene forms an explosive mixture.

  • - These compounds possess properties very similar to those of ammonia, the lowest members of the series being combustible gases readily soluble in water.

  • Highly combustible, I get it.

  • The furnace has, in addition to the usual tuyeres near the bottom, a second set near the throat in order to effect a complete oxidation of all combustible matter.

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