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   Com·bus·ti·ble

   /kəmˈbəstəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. able to catch fire and burn easily: "highly combustible paint thinner"
   • ▪ excitable; easily annoyed: "two combustible personalities"

   noun

   • 1. a combustible substance.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Old French, from late Latin combustibilis, from Latin combust- ‘burnt up’, from the verb comburere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. combustibility noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

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