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Meanings of flammable liquid in English

Russian
легковоспламеняющиеся жидкости
Spanish
liquido inflamable
Catalan
líquid inflamable

Any liquid that can catch fire.

        легковоспламеняющиеся жидкости
        Synonyms
        Examples for "combustible liquid"
        Examples for "combustible liquid"
        1
        He therefore took possession of the immense reservoirs which contained the combustible liquid.
        Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
        2
        The notion that a flammable or combustible liquid caused flames to reach higher temperatures had been repeated in court by arson sleuths for decades.
        The devil and sherlock holmes: tales of murder, madness, and obs...
        3
        It may be imagined what were the apprehensions of Jolivet and Blount, when they thought of the combustible liquid on which the raft floated.
        Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
        1
        The hat-box... the tissue paper... the bank-notes: they must all have been steeped in some inflammable liquid.
        The Eight Strokes of the Clock
        2
        All knew that there was over a barrelful of the inflammable liquid in the tank on the upper deck.
        Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
        3
        An attempt was also made to set a classroom alight when inflammable liquid was squirted through a broken window.
        The Irish Times
        4
        These sparks ignite a gas-jet or a wick soaked in a highly inflammable liquid such as gasolene or alcohol.
        Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
        5
        German soldiers came back into the house and poured some inflammable liquid over the floors and set fire to it.
        New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
        Usage of flammable liquid in English
        1
        A window was broken in the building and flammable liquid poured inside.
        The Irish Times
        2
        They poured flammable liquid into the laundry room, setting it alight.
        The Irish Times
        3
        A window was broken and flammable liquid was poured inside.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Suddenly, the man doused Lloyd in a flammable liquid and set her on fire.
        Wired
        5
        That had to be some kind of flammable liquid. He looked up at Evan.
        Evan and elle
        6
        They overpowered the suspect as he was opening bottles of acetone, a flammable liquid chemical.
        Reuters
        7
        Rex can smell traces of the flammable liquid used.
        Evan and elle
        8
        It is believed that flammable liquid was poured through a broken window of the building in Portadown.
        The Irish Times
        9
        The fire started after flammable liquid was poured through the letterbox of the property at Walmer Street.
        The Irish Times
        10
        The sprayer was full of flammable liquid.
        The Irish Times
        11
        A window at the back of the premises was forced open and flammable liquid poured inside and set alight.
        The Irish Times
        12
        The driver was doused in a flammable liquid and set on fire in the incident in Portrush last night.
        The Irish Times
        13
        The glass bottle containing a flammable liquid ignited inside the strip-mall office, burning furniture and campaign signs before extinguishing.
        Reuters
        14
        He poured flammable liquid around the West Auckland clinic, lit the match and Ms Kim could not escape the flames.
        Radio NZ
        15
        Two brothers in their 30s suffered severe smoke inhalation when flammable liquid was poured through their letterbox and set alight.
        The Irish Times
        16
        Earlier reports had said the tanker was carrying 75,000 tonnes of naphtha, a flammable liquid hydrocarbon.
        Reuters
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