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combustible
1. As the heat in my soul rose to a combustible level I forgot the rudiments of the English language, reverting to a lingua franca that combined the best of the gutter from East and West
2. Small combustible engines power some vehicles, for shipping and hauling
3. collapsed when the combustible (enthusiasm) was
4. Ruby took the flint and struck it hard onto the curved rock, designed to deflect any sparks onto the highly combustible material
5. Since these new crystals had made an appearance, finding oil to smother the door with to produce a good burn had been a difficult task but in the end you can always rely on a blacksmith to have some and he had found a large vase of combustible oil down by the town forge
6. The jar smashed instantly, mixing the combustible contents and producing a mighty flash, which then set the hay alight
7. If we were at all capable of appreciating miracles, we would spend at least a decade contemplating the incredible chemical processes which convert that most basic element of divinity, light, into two pieces of carbon-based, conveniently combustible wood, without ever having time to rub the two things together and start a fire to stop ourselves freezing to death
8. collapsed portion that has no fire scorching or burning, with combustible wood and paper products in view
9. Our weapons were conventional — projectiles of all sizes propelled by combustible materials
10. gone combustible, but it was something that had
11. Native trees are packed with combustible oils
12. His resources were two cartwheels, primed with combustible materials
13. hazards, and accumulations of flammable or combustible material or liquids
14. As he pulled himself up, his combustible temper unleashed itself in a non-stop string of vulgarities
15. The steady rumble was pure combustible music to Mitch’s ears
16. And so European humans crated cannons and gunpowder: trying to recreated the black clouds of death and the flashing ignition of FLINT hitting combustible gases trapped under the negative CAP of FLINT: that prevented volcanoes from becoming intense enough to do their job properly: which was to create such hardship in Africa: that our ancestors would have been forced to stand up to volcanoes instead of worshipping volcanoes: our ancestors would have been forced to fight them
17. Chaff, tares, weeds, stubble, dry branches are highly combustible materials, but the
18. They had been filled full of easily combustible materials
19. As if that wasn’t horrible and combustible enough, the victim, Sergeant Cornel Young Jr
20. You and I are more… combustible,” he said softly
21. The first task was to get firewood and straw for the bivouac, and for this purpose they would climb on to the neighbouring houses and carry off roofs, rafters, partitions, and everything combustible, reducing the whole building to ruins, despite the cries, threats, and resistance of those who were within
22. Combustible materials had indeed been put under them for this very purpose, but no one took the trouble to set fire to them
23. Whatever may be the fact, chemically considered, the operation, in various experiments, promises to afford a convenient method of applying to use several of the most combustible substances, not hitherto employed as fuel
24. It has been universally remarked, that these seasons are much longer as we proceed westerly—commencing usually in October, and continuing a month and a half or two months, during which the vegetation is killed by the frosts, and dried by the sun; the wet prairies are also dried, and before the season has expired, the grass is perfectly combustible
25. On charcoal before the blow-pipe, this substance was very combustible, with a blue flame, and was completely dissipated in the form of white oxyd, with the above smell
26. —, action of, on combustible gases mixed with oxygen, xii, 181
27. — —, action of heated, on combustible gases, W