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Meanings of retardant in English

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retardante

Any agent that retards or delays or hinders.

retardante
Usage of retardant in English
1
And wool is naturally flame-retardant, without the need for any chemical additives.
Feminist dot com
2
The dense, oxygen-absorbing retardant blanket snuffed the fire out in three seconds.
Code Three
3
The attack stuttered to a halt amid a snowstorm of fire-retardant foam.
Zero Point
4
Dust and vacuum often to get rid of flame retardant chemicals 3.
News.com.au
5
Together they work as a powerful detergent and another dissolution retardant.
Wired
6
Each sheet of corrugated cardboard is laminated for water resistance and is fire-retardant.
Wired
7
The aircraft crashed while dumping retardant on a fire on Thursday.
Reuters
8
The natural secretions of the sponge acted as a retardant-notas an antidote.
Midnight at the well of souls
9
All Bosch refrigeration appliances are manufactured with a flame-retardant back panel.
The Irish Times
10
Ceiling-mounted fire suppression nozzles swivelled around, and squirted retardant foam at the blaze.
The Neutronium Alchemist
11
However, the materials used at that time were not fire-retardant.
Wired
12
He said more lines of fire retardant material would be laid by planes today.
Radio NZ
13
An RNZAF Hercules is due to arrive today with fire retardant brought from Australia.
Radio NZ
14
The fire retardant PBDE has been known to affect nerve development and hormone production.
News.com.au
15
Cygnus has an experiment testing fire on flame retardant material.
Wired
16
It was deployed yesterday to drop retardant on an out-of-control bushfire north-west of Adaminaby.
Radio NZ
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