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.
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"We usually associate fire activity with increasing heat -- drier conditions, enhanced combustibility, and so on," Allen said.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2024
The conifers of a combustibility they had never encountered.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2023
Forest management can also be a factor in the state’s combustibility, multiple experts said, as decades of wildfire suppression have simultaneously protected communities and enabled dry vegetation to pile up on forest floors.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021
The lead architect had never heard the phrase limited combustibility - the standard recommended for insulation on high-rise buildings.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2020
In such circumstances a fresh outbreak of old animosities must occur as soon as the subterranean heat should reach the point of highest combustibility in the federal system.
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry
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