inflammable

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In addition, they contain no easily inflammable liquids.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023

The president's remarks are meant to calm a potentially inflammable atmosphere in Nanterre, near the La Défense business district, and other Paris suburbs, where the killing of Nahel has triggered strong emotions.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

But on Jan. 8, 1931, the inflammable pile was dynamited, making room for King County Hospital, now Harborview Medical Center.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2021

Adams let out the word that Jefferson was clearly the voters’ choice and the superior man, that Burr was “like a balloon, filled with inflammable air.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis