inflammability
Americannoun
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the quality or fact of being inflammable or easily ignited.
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the quality or fact of being easily aroused or excited, especially to anger or violence.
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They have reported Japanese militarism, atrocities, the absurdities of Emperor worship, the inflammability of Japan's paper cities, the inability of Japanese industry to implement a modern war.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without it modern aviation would be impossible, but as every airman knows, its touchy inflammability makes it more dangerous than dynamite.
From Time Magazine Archive
In burning wood man noticed that a resinous or fatty material increased the inflammability and added greatly to the amount of light emitted.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
At midnight this apparent inflammability was even more striking.
From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
I have indisputable evidence, however, that inflammable air, standing long in water, has actually lost all its inflammability, and even come to extinguish flame much more than that air in which candles have burned out.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
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