Noun : Arson was suspected when police found accelerants at the scene of the fire.    From Dictionary.com. 

This would just remove an effective "accelerant" to further economic decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Bob Herbert: Invitation to Disaster] Reference

John, you're right that advertising is still a necessary "accelerant" for most companies -- the network is not efficient enough yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does All Advertising Want to Be Free? - Publishing 2.0] Reference

Iraq experts in the intelligence community thought of the event as an "accelerant," as in, something that would continue the destruction.    From Wordnik.com.  [03/14/2007] Reference

Investigators determined that the fire had been set with some kind of accelerant, Brunicardi said.    From Wordnik.com.  [KPIX: Top Stories Videos] Reference

Hallenbeck suspected there was some sort of "accelerant," noting that the fire was "fast burning.".    From Wordnik.com.  [www.recordpub.com's Homepage Articles] Reference

The fire department found traces of an accelerant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consent to Kill]

You think an accelerant dog can ` t pick up on that?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 01, 2006] Reference

That is an accelerant to the already bad trade policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2007] Reference

The accelerant is an issue that we ` re interested in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 9, 2006] Reference

And also, apparently, there was the smell of accelerant.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2008] Reference

She said word was that the accelerant had been gasoline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Case]

GRACE: Do they being an accelerant was used like gasoline?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2008] Reference

“I thought you said you found traces of an accelerant.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consent to Kill]

It's an incendiary accelerant, if you will, that starts a fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2009] Reference

You know, a dog can detect one-fifth of a needle drop of accelerant.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2006] Reference

The fire on the right is burning with gasoline, a common accelerant.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2007] Reference

GRACE: I am telling you that even a dog can go in and smell accelerant!.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 01, 2006] Reference

accelerant dogs can smell accelerant underneath water, for Pete ` s sake!.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 01, 2006] Reference

As the gentleman said earlier, gasoline is one potential accelerant to be used.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2008] Reference

He seems to have money to burn and access to all sorts of flammable accelerant.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 Campaign: How Are The Self-Funders Doing?] Reference

And of course, the most easily accessible accelerant would, of course, be gasoline.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2008] Reference

However, evidence at this time suggests that an accelerant was used during the incident.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 9, 2006] Reference

He took her to the basement and spread a fire accelerant on the walls before he lit the match.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scorched-Earth Obsession] Reference

They may take soil samples, have those analyzed to see if they come up with traces of an accelerant.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 29, 2007] Reference

At this day and age, 2006, we can go in and determine accelerant even if it ` s under water, correct?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 01, 2006] Reference

There is, for example, on their shoes, there was the paint thinner that was the accelerant on the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2002] Reference

I don't think anything would have happened but for that flame accelerant in the wall and on the ceiling.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2005] Reference

MARTIN: Somebody poured accelerant in the baby's room and in the front hallway so they couldn't get out the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2009] Reference

As we look at it, it's hard not to imagine that it is not being fed in some way by fuel or some kind of an accelerant.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 24, 2006] Reference

It could be what arson investigators refer to as an accelerant, which are chemicals designed to start and spread fire quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2009] Reference

And whether he said that means that accelerant might have been in the van at some point, or something transported, you don't know.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2002] Reference

RANEY: The package he had appears to be a homemade pressurized device to help spread flammable accelerant throughout the residence.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2008] Reference