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flammable
1. adj. Capable of burning, especially a liquid.
2. adj. Easily set on fire.
3. adj. Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.
4. n. Any flammable substance.

Example Sentences

He's standing in the pool of flammable liquid.  While carbon dioxide is not flammable or particularly toxic, large-scale releases can be a hazard because the dense gas tends to hug the ground.  One year the festival was prosecuted for allowing flammable straw to be piled along pedestrian walkways, even though it had been raining for a week and the straw was laid to stop people sinking into the mud.

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