Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
combustibleness .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being combustible.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being
combustible
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being capable of igniting and burning
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Examples
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The combustibles include Beethoven, Stravinsky and even Jerry Lee Lewis, who took the notion of combustibility seriously one night in 1958 when he gassed up his piano and set it ablaze while playing.
From Honkytonk To High Art James Penrose 2012
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Even on his best behavior, Brand brings the kind of combustibility that made last year's show such a phenomenon (witness
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Their relationship's combustibility lurches to the fore in the first moments of this searing production, directed by
Patrick Egan: Family Feud: Teeth of the Sons Patrick Egan 2011
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Their relationship's combustibility lurches to the fore in the first moments of this searing production, directed by
Patrick Egan: Family Feud: Teeth of the Sons Patrick Egan 2011
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Hydrogen's use for transportation must still overcome combustibility concerns, or we'll be driving mini-Hindenburgs.
Washington's Knack for Picking Losers Michael J. Boskin 2012
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Their relationship's combustibility lurches to the fore in the first moments of this searing production, directed by
Patrick Egan: Family Feud: Teeth of the Sons Patrick Egan 2011
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Their relationship's combustibility lurches to the fore in the first moments of this searing production, directed by
Patrick Egan: Family Feud: Teeth of the Sons Patrick Egan 2011
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Their relationship's combustibility lurches to the fore in the first moments of this searing production, directed by
Patrick Egan: Family Feud: Teeth of the Sons Patrick Egan 2011
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Managers first need to determine the combustibility of the various dusts their factories create.
Leaving Apple in the Dust Joseph Sternberg 2011
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Their relationship's combustibility lurches to the fore in the first moments of this searing production, directed by
Patrick Egan: Family Feud: Teeth of the Sons Patrick Egan 2011
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