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- noun Plural form of
combustible .
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The first one is called the combustibles, which include
News 2011
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The first one is called the combustibles, which include
News 2011
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The first one is called the combustibles, which include
News 2011
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The first one is called the combustibles, which include
News 2011
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And there can be no doubt of the proper anti-German sentiments of this stout fellow, even though his impetuous passion for _Freya Talberg_, a Delilah in the service of the enemy, did make him store a tiny island with what the translator will persist in calling combustibles, meaning, one supposes, fuel.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 Various 1898
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[Many] inspection reports over the past two years fault the mine for "combustibles," including a buildup of flammable coal dust and a failure to adequately insulate electric wires.
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Think of it more like a campfire – you don’t get the hottest temperatures until after the fire has died down and the internal temperatures of the combustibles are also heated.
Think Progress » Rumsfeld Exploits 9/11 To Defend Failed Iraq Policy 2006
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With this view likewise, they built a wooden castle on a large bark, which, they filled with combustibles, meaning to send it against the bulwark to set it on fire.
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Remove all lighters, candles, matches, sterno, and other "combustibles" from your home.
Sun Journal top news 2010
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The state-run Xinhua news agency said the fire started after passengers had already boarded the jet, adding that an initial probe found that "combustibles" in the cargo hold were to blame, without offering details.
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