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Meanings of combustible in English
Portuguese
combustível Catalan
combustible Capable of igniting and burning.
Synonyms
Examples for "combustible material"
Examples for "combustible material"
1
There is no appearance of sulphur, saltpetre or any other combustible material.
2
In half an hour, the huts were stripped of their most combustible material.
3
The fire goes out for want of some combustible material on which to seize.
4
Japanese cities are such piles of combustible material that I wonder they exist at all.
5
But such combustible material could not be smothered long.
Usage of combustible in English
1
Of course a ban on the use of combustible materials is insufficient.
2
The ban on combustible materials will come into effect on 21 December.
3
They used to write about her having a 'combustible', which I love.
4
Wherever his power and anger came from, it was a combustible mixture.
5
This was combustible, breathless and blisteringly competitive and therefore enthralling to behold.
6
They labored like convicts at the work of extracting the precious combustible.
7
Little Klara is at fault, yet utterly innocent, a terrifyingly combustible combination.
8
Bidwell decided, at this combustible moment, to deny the powder its flame.
9
The flame had caught the bark, which had dried and become combustible.
10
The combustible Mario Balotelli's erratic behaviour also tests the authority of Mancini.
11
The council said the two buildings with combustible cladding were privately owned.
12
We place, then, food in our stomachs as so much combustible matter.
13
There is no appearance of sulphur, saltpetre or any other combustible material.
14
The combustible Mario Balotelli's erratic behavior also tests the authority of Mancini.
15
This substance is lead, and you see how wonderfully combustible it is.
16
Whatever the case, the combustible mixture of air and coal dust ignited.
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Combustible through the time
Combustible across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common