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inflammable

[ in-flam-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
  2. easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible:

    an inflammable disposition.

    Synonyms: , ,



noun

  1. something inflammable.

inflammable

/ ɪˈڱæəə /

adjective

  1. liable to catch fire; flammable
  2. readily aroused to anger or passion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something that is liable to catch fire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Confusables Note

Inflammable and flammable both mean “combustible.” Inflammable is the older by about 200 years. Flammable now has certain technical uses, particularly as a warning on vehicles carrying combustible materials, because of a belief that some might interpret the intensive prefix in- of inflammable as a negative prefix and thus think the word means “noncombustible.” Inflammable is the word more usually used in nontechnical and figurative contexts: The speaker ignited the inflammable emotions of the crowd.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱ, adverb
  • ˌڱˈٲ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ڱm·i·ٲ ·ڱm··Ա noun
  • ·ڱm· adverb
  • non·ڱm·i·ٲ noun
  • ԴDzi·ڱm· adjective
  • non·ڱm··Ա noun
  • non·ڱm· adverb
  • un·ڱm·i·ٲ noun
  • ܲi·ڱm· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of inflammable1

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin Դڱ, equivalent to Latin Դڱ ( re ) to inflame + -bilis -ble
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Example Sentences

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In addition, they contain no easily inflammable liquids.

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In the case of inflammable and toxic chemicals, the river is often the only viable option for transport.

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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.

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By late summer, his designs for a new, inflammable King County Courthouse were adopted, and construction soon commenced atop First Hill.

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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.”

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