What is "flammables"

Usage examples of "flammables".

According to the fire inspector at the scene, there was no sign of firetraps, no gasoline or other flammables, and no sign of obstacles placed so as to impede the work of the firemen.

A fire truck kept up a steady stream of mixed flammables as its counterpart stood at a comfortable distance across Plank Road awaiting its turn to fire.

Now and again he stopped, pulling stock from the racks, scattering matchbooks over the stream of flammables, adding fuel that would feed the flames and spread them.

He habitually preferred gasoline as an accelerant, used streamers of convenient, onsite flammables, along with matchbooks from his own collection.

Relkin and Lumbee moved around the perimeter of the slavers' camp, positioning stocks of flammables, dead vines, grass, and twigs in four separate locations.

From the three directions, men moved quietly, slowly forward, carrying flammables, and shielded by other warriors bearing doors.

In numerous seaports, hulks were packed with flammables, stacked with the remains of victims, towed well out to sea, and set aflame.

The settlement had been razed, bulldozed over, drenched in flammables, and set alight.