combustibility
Americannoun
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the quality, or degree of being combustible; inflammability; flammability.
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the tendency to become easily excited or aroused emotionally.
Other Word Forms
- incombustibility noun
- non-combustibility noun
Example Sentences
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Bamboo scaffolds have "intrinsic weaknesses such as variation in mechanical properties, deterioration over time and high combustibility, etc, giving rise to safety concerns", the bureau's spokesperson Terence Lam was quoted as saying.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
"We usually associate fire activity with increasing heat -- drier conditions, enhanced combustibility, and so on," Allen said.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2024
We are, for the most part, on our own, in figuring out how to make this American experiment work with the least amount of combustibility, as possible.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2023
The conifers of a combustibility they had never encountered.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2023
In our first lecture the combustibility of zinc was mentioned.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John
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