burnable

Example Sentences

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If all burnable material on the ground has been removed, a fire should run out of fuel when it reaches a fireline.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023

Question marks dot the landscape of burnable bushes and pushable boulders, with entire regions left unrevealed.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

A statistically significant decline in such nights happened in 59% of burnable lands worldwide.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 16, 2022

“You’ve got sort of a reservoir of burnable material,” Potter said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2016

In the mean time, the storehouse, and everything the yard contained which was burnable, was on fire.

From Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel by Kielland, Alexander Lange