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单词 combustive
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combustiveadj.

Brit. /kəmˈbʌstɪv/, U.S. /kəmˈbəstɪv/
Etymology: < Latin combūst- (see above) + -ive suffix.
1. Medicine. Pertaining to a ‘combustion’ or burn.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > burned or scalded
burnt?a1300
scaldedc1450
combustive1599
ambust1727
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 332 To make an excellent combustive oyntment. Take Lintseede oyle and oaten meale.
2. Having the quality of causing combustion.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > setting on fire or alight > having quality of
combustive1653
incentive1667
fire-kindling1674
inflammative1730
inflammatory1757
conflagratory1831
fire-setting1833
incendive1959
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 20 Their beams and influences begin to grow malign, fiery and combustive.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 146 The light of the Sun is combustive or burning up.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 411 Salt, sulphur, and mercury are equivalent to the combustive, the combustible, and the combust.
3. Pertaining to or characterized by combustion.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > relating to combustion
empyrical1818
combustive1858
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 45 Gases, at the instant of their combustive formation.
1880 Mrs. C. Reade Brown Hand & White III. i. 24 A crackling noise..suggestive of combustive lucifers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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