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- noun Plural form of
flammable .
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Examples
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The most likely explanation is that in a compound under siege and with the electricity shut off, tanks punching holes in the walls knocked over lamps or other flammables.
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The indignity climaxed with a bunk up on the sofa bed; Rainie stifling Lambrini belches in her flimsiest flammables while Derek's pomade spread across the sheets like cheap margarine.
World of Lather 2011
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Ever since he set the hallway on fire after dropping his cigarette into a bucket of turpentine, Dad was extremely careful with flammables.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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The makeshift chimney was faulty, the woodstove too hot, a cigar got too close to the flammables — paint thinner, gasoline — it was anyone's guess.
Good Fences Laurita Miller 2010
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So now we have a stout wooden crate packed tightly with flammables like dry straw and waxed cloth, and a fire breaks out all around.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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Ever since he set the hallway on fire after dropping his cigarette into a bucket of turpentine, Dad was extremely careful with flammables.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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When enough insulation is gone from two adjoining cables, electricity jumps (or "arcs") between them, touching off a fire that quickly consumes nearby flammables.
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As the jam on the highway, also known as National Highway 110, passed the 10-day mark Tuesday, local authorities dispatched hundreds of police to keep order and to reroute cars and trucks carrying essential supplies, such as food or flammables, around the main bottleneck.
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When enough insulation is gone from two adjoining cables, electricity jumps (or "arcs") between them, touching off a fire that quickly consumes nearby flammables.
Tom Bisky: When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug Tom Bisky 2010
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Ever since he set the hallway on fire after dropping his cigarette into a bucket of turpentine, Dad was extremely careful with flammables.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010
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