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Antonyms for combustible

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh m-buhs-tuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈbʌs tə bəl

Definition of combustible

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Middle French combustible, or directly from Late Latin combustibilis, from Latin combustus, past participle of combuere "to burn up, consume" (see combustion). Figurative sense is from 1640s; as a noun, from 1680s. Related: Combustibility (late 15c.).
  • adj able to be exploded
Example sentences :
  • In half an hour, the huts were stripped of their most combustible material.
  • Extract from : « At the Point of the Bayonet » by G. A. Henty
  • The other gas which issues into this atmosphere is said to be the combustible gas.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • "Well, Tom, we'll try and get some combustible or other," said Paganel.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • Almost every man's and every woman's imagination is combustible on one side or another.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
  • I know that there are combustible materials there, and that they wait the torch only.
  • Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • But there is not room for it here, and it is too combustible, anyway.
  • Extract from : « The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • About one-half of the combustible matter of plants is carbon.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5 » by Various
  • Let us, at risk of some iteration, consider some of these combustible elements.
  • Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
  • These buildings, of wood, were built in 1849, and as combustible as powder.
  • Extract from : « History of the State of California » by John T. Frost
  • Not only the first class of metals are combustible, but the last also.
  • Extract from : « The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World » by Thomas Wood

Synonyms for combustible

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