Combustible Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Combustible

flammable
Easily set on fire; that will burn readily or quickly
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passionate
Showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent:
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burnable
That can be burned
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fiery
Easily excited or emotionally volatile; tempestuous:
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volatile
The definition of volatile is tending to become violent or something that is rapidly evaporating.
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explosive
(Slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
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fuel
A substance that produces useful energy when it undergoes a chemical or nuclear reaction. Fuel such as coal, wood, oil, or gas provides energy when burned. Compounds in the body such as glucose are broken down into simpler compounds to provide energy for metabolic processes. Some radioactive substances, such as plutonium and tritium, provide energy by undergoing nuclear fission or fusion.
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gas
One of four main states of matter , composed of molecules in constant random motion. Unlike a solid, a gas has no fixed shape and will take on the shape of the space available. Unlike a liquid, the intermolecular forces are very small; it has no fixed volume and will expand to fill the space available.
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inflammable
Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; flammable.
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combustible material
a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power
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ignitable
Capable of being ignited; able to burn.
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Antonyms for Combustible

nonexplosive
That will not explode:
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noncombustible
That will not readily ignite and burn
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Words Related to Combustible

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non-combustible
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excitable
Easily excited.
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irritable
In an ill humor; bad-tempered; peevish
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flammable-material
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Combustible Sentence Examples

  • The views of Becher on the composition of substances mark little essential advance on those of the two preceding centuries, and the three elements or principles of salt, mercury and sulphur reappear as the vitrifiable, the mercurial and the combustible earths.

  • The furnace has, in addition to the usual tuyeres near the bottom, a second set near the throat in order to effect a complete oxidation of all combustible matter.

  • Andre had claimed Kris was highly combustible.

  • Highly combustible, I get it.

  • After having previously roasted the tube and copper oxide, and reduced the copper spiral a, the weighed calcium chloride tube and potash bulbs are put in position, the boat containing the substance is inserted (in the case of a difficultly combustible substance it is desirable to mix it with cupric oxide or lead chromate), the copper spiral (d) replaced, and the air and oxygen supply connected up. The apparatus is then tested for leaks.

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