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 concurrence of high refracting power with inflammability was an empirical law; and Newton, perceiving the law, extended it to the adjacent case of the diamond.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
From what we have seen of Goethe's inflammability, we are prepared for the naïve remark in which he records his new sensation.
From The Youth of Goethe by Brown, Peter Hume
This inflammability of his imagination did not alarm him.
From Atlantis by Seltzer, Adele Szold
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