Meaning & use
Inflammable
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Easily set on fire or capable of burning rapidly.
See it in a sentence
The warning label read 'inflammable' to alert workers that the chemical could ignite easily.
Dry brush becomes highly inflammable during a summer drought.
A note on using this word
Despite the 'in-' prefix, inflammable does not mean 'not flammable'; it means the same as 'flammable', a source of frequent, sometimes dangerous confusion.
Words with a similar meaning
flammablecombustible
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Words with an opposite meaning
nonflammablefireproof
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