adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
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Many packaging materials contain highly flammable substances that could make a fire suddenly flare up.
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But take great care lighting stoves - tents are highly flammable .
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Even the humble sparkler can cause horrific injuries when combined with a highly flammable shell suit.
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As a player Souness has a highly flammable temper; when he loses the head, something snaps.
■ NOUN
liquid
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Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight.
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Class B for flammable liquids like gasoline, oil, and grease.
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The occupant returned home at 10.30 last night to find flammable liquid had been poured through the letterbox.
material
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Wooden-framed furniture is best, then at least you can change the cushions for less flammable material .
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But the realization of Toon and his collaborators was that urban areas are vast concentrations of flammable materials .
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Officials now confess that about 100 factories in Moscow are crammed with flammable materials .
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An airburst ignites flammable materials out to distances of many kilometers from ground zero.
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Are all flammable materials , including waste paper, kept away from fires?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Caution! Highly flammable chemicals.
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Hydrogen is a highly flammable gas.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He felt as flammable as old newsprint.
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Lower oxygen would be anemic, while greater oxygen would be too flammable .
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Many packaging materials contain highly flammable substances that could make a fire suddenly flare up.
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The use, storage, and transportation of poisonous, explosive, or flammable substances have long been regulated.
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There was flammable goo all over the place.
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Wooden-framed furniture is best, then at least you can change the cushions for less flammable material.