inflammability
Americannoun
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the quality or fact of being inflammable or easily ignited.
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the quality or fact of being easily aroused or excited, especially to anger or violence.
Other Word Forms
- noninflammability noun
Example Sentences
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They have reported Japanese militarism, atrocities, the absurdities of Emperor worship, the inflammability of Japan's paper cities, the inability of Japanese industry to implement a modern war.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without it modern aviation would be impossible, but as every airman knows, its touchy inflammability makes it more dangerous than dynamite.
From Time Magazine Archive
The famous German chemist Becher was, I believe, the first who rejected the notion of sulphur being the principle of inflammability in bodies....
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
The inflammability, however, varies with the density,—the so-called hard woods, oak, beech and maple, taking fire less readily than the softer, and, more especially, the coniferous varieties rich in resin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
I think that, in all, I have had four instances of inflammable air losing its inflammability, while it stood in water.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
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