combustibility
Americannoun
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the quality, or degree of being combustible; inflammability; flammability.
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the tendency to become easily excited or aroused emotionally.
Other Word Forms
- incombustibility noun
- non-combustibility noun
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, authorities announced plans to phase out bamboo in favour of sturdier, fire-resistant steel, citing bamboo's combustibility and deterioration over time.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
"We usually associate fire activity with increasing heat -- drier conditions, enhanced combustibility, and so on," Allen said.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2024
The conifers of a combustibility they had never encountered.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2023
Strategic Bombing Survey noted, the No. 1 factor driving target selection was a city's "combustibility."
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2022
Deflagrabil′ity, combustibility; Deflagrā′tion; Def′lagrator, a galvanic instrument for producing rapid combustion.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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