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Meanings of accelerant in English

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Usage of accelerant in English
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We haven't been able to find an ignition source or an accelerant.
The Rhesus Chart
2
Kevin Allison Dan Loeb is putting the right accelerant into Dow Chemical.
Reuters
3
This crisis is an accelerant for recently emerging successful changes in our society.
Independent.ie
4
The fire had multiple points of origin and there's evidence of an accelerant.
Death du Jour
5
Police believe there were two bottles of accelerant in the suitcase.
Radio NZ
6
QE works best as an accelerant rather than as an engine.
Reuters
7
I'd need an extra bit of accelerant for what I had in mind.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
8
Clearly, a body had been placed in the bathtub and burned with accelerant.
White fire
9
On the contrary, they acted like an accelerant on his already short fuse.
Priest
10
When she'd doused me with accelerant, then coolly lit a match.
Bones Never Lie
11
Trump is a symptom of it and an accelerant to it.
News.com.au
12
They found signs this morning that an accelerant had been used inside the building.
Murder and salutations
13
Dawkins would not say if an accelerant had been used.
Reuters
14
Some sort of petroleum-based accelerant had spread into the water.
Shadow men
15
They are trying to determine if the accelerant was lit from inside the building.
The Irish Times
16
Knowledge is not a substitute for ingenuity, merely an accelerant.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
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