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FLAMMABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Easily ignited
Synonyms:
flammable; inflammable
Classified under:
Similar:
combustible (capable of igniting and burning)
Derivation:
flammability (the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly)
Context examples:
A colorless, volatile and highly flammable, liquid inorganic compound with a characteristic, musty odor that emits toxic carbon monoxide fumes upon heating.
(Nickel Carbonyl, NCI Thesaurus)
A clear, colorless, highly volatile and flammable liquid chlorinated hydrocarbon that emits highly toxic fumes of hydrochloric acid and other chlorinated compounds when heated to decomposition.
(Dimethylvinyl Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A volatile and flammable, clear, colorless, liquid, chlorinated cyclic ether with an irritating, chloroform-like odor that emits toxic fumes of hydrochloric acid and other chlorinated compounds when heated to decomposition.
(Epichlorohydrin, NCI Thesaurus)
A clear, colorless, oily, synthetic, flammable liquid chlorinated hydrocarbon with a pleasant chloroform-like smell that emits toxic fumes of hydrochloric acid when heated to decomposition.
(Ethylene Dichloride, NCI Thesaurus)
An odorless, colorless, flammable gas that acts as a greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and is produced by a variety of natural sources.
(Methane, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
A colorless, highly flammable, liquid cyclic ether.
(Diepoxybutane, NCI Thesaurus)
Vinyl fluoride is extremely flammable and emits highly toxic hydrogen fluoride gas when burned.
(Monofluoroethene, NCI Thesaurus)
A colorless, highly flammable gas of brominated hydrocarbon, with a characteristic pungent odor.
(Bromoethene, NCI Thesaurus)
Bushfires are a common and deadly threat in Australia's hot, dry summers, fueled by highly flammable eucalyptus trees.
(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Scalds from hot liquids and steam, building fires and flammable liquids and gases are the most common causes of burns.
(Burns, NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
