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Feb 12, 2012
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com•bus•ti•ble



Pronunciation: (kum-bus'tu-bul), [key]
—adj.
1. capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable: Gasoline vapor is highly combustible.
2. easily excited: a high-strung, combustible nature.

—n.
a combustible substance: Trucks carrying combustibles will not be allowed to use this tunnel.

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