inflammable

Example Sentences

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The mighty sequoia, protected by thick bark and with its foliage typically high above the flames, was once considered nearly inflammable.

From Seattle Times

Climate change, they say, is making vegetation more inflammable and soil dryer, which makes fires more likely, and often, when they occur, larger and more severe.

From BBC

High levels of methane gas and coal dust, both highly inflammable, make mines hazardous.

From Washington Post

“This is not normal, of course. This is a very volatile, very inflammable situation,” said Artyom Shraibman, founder of Sense Analytics and a Belarus analyst with the Carnegie Moscow Center think tank.

From Washington Post

“All four were driven, visionary men, all were caught up in the issues of slavery and race, and all devised their own solutions to those inflammable problems,” he wrote.

From Seattle Times