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combustible adjective [ kəmˈbʌstɪb(ə)l ]

• able to catch fire and burn easily.
• "a combustible gas"
Similar: inflammable, flammable, incendiary, explosive, burnable, ignitable,
Opposite: incombustible,

combustible noun

• a combustible substance.
Origin: early 16th century: from Old French, from late Latin combustibilis, from Latin combust- ‘burnt up’, from the verb comburere .


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