combustive

Example Sentences

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He was described as a combustive mixture of "victimhood and arrogance".

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

The basement of a rowhouse in South Baltimore exploded Saturday morning due to the combustive combination of a live wire and leaking natural gas.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2023

Chancellor's combustive hits are a large part of what draws us to football.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2018

In the annals of history, wars have erupted from less combustive kindling.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2017

So taken, salt, sulphur, and mercury are equivalent to the combustive, the combustible, and the combust, under one or other of which all known bodies, or ponderable substances, may be classed and distinguished.

From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor