flammable

Example Sentences

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The warehouse and surrounding storage areas were filled with stacks of pallets and cardboard boxes containing highly flammable ethanol-based hand sanitizer, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

With both ships laden with flammable cargo, the danger in the event of a collision was obvious, the court was told.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

In 2015, blasts at warehouses containing flammable chemicals in the port city of Tianjin killed more than 170 people and injured 700 others.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

It fed on dry and flammable vegetation and was driven by Santa Ana winds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Surrounded by the jungle, it is green and lush during the rainy season and dusty and flammable during the dry season.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung