nonflammable
Example Sentences
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Leaders have learned much about fire prevention techniques since then, he noted, such as building with nonflammable materials and clearing brush away from houses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025
Like CFCs, HFCs appealed to industry because they were odorless, nonflammable and posed no serious threats to human health.
From Salon • May 23, 2023
Anhydrous ammonia is a colorless nonflammable liquefied gas.
From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2022
When heated by the torch, coating spewed out nonflammable gases, such as carbon dioxide.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 6, 2022
Midgley set out to create a gas that was stable, nonflammable, noncorrosive, and safe to breathe.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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