combustible

[com·bus·ti·ble]

Combustible means "able to catch fire," like matches or the extremely dry forest floors that people sometimes forget are combustible until they go up in flames.

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Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.

Noun
a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power

Adjective
capable of igniting and burning


a.
Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.

a.
Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.

n.
A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.


Combustible

Com*bus"ti*ble , a. [Cf. F. combustble.] 1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.
Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.
2. Eaily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
Arnold was a combustible character.

Combustible

Com*bus"ti*ble , n. A substance that may bee set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.
All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel.

Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.

A substance that may bee set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.

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Usage Examples

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

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Other Usage Examples

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.

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