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adj. - Easily ignited.

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Usage examples (36)
  • The gasbags were inflated with hydrogen, a highly inflammable gas that was highly purified to minimize the risk of fire.
  • Adjective : an inflammable disposition
  • Mr. Cavendish has shewn that the gas called inflammable air, is at least ten times lighter than common air;
  • Cavendish, made in 1766, that hydrogen gas, called inflammable air, is at least seven times lighter than atmospheric air.
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