incombustible
Example Sentences
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The cruel lesson: Invest in incombustible masonry and stone, or pay the fiery piper.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2019
On buildings that are “higher than the firefighters’ ladders,” incombustible material must be used, Arconic advises in a fire-safety pamphlet.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2017
“As soon as the building is higher than the firefighters’ ladders, it has to be conceived with an incombustible material,” a caption says.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2017
In other European countries, Arconic’s sales materials explicitly instructed that “as soon as the building is higher than the firefighters’ ladders, it has to be conceived with an incombustible material.”
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2017
Here and there, the incombustible materials among the debris showed the lading of particular cars.
From Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by Stevens, George T.
