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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He believes the lack of a ban on materials with "limited combustibility" is "another gaming of the system. It's a fuel, it just burns a little bit slower."
From BBC • Dec. 24, 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 result is an environment of persistent combustibility in a nation with more than 200 million people who belong to religious minorities — many feeling alienated, humiliated or directionless.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023
The hangings and tinsel not only disfigured the interior of temples, but were a source of danger from their combustibility.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
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