fire retardant

See also: fire-retardant

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Noun

fire retardant (plural fire retardants)

  1. Any of several substances used to delay or prevent combustion when used as a coating or component of a combustible material.
    • 2016 May 4, Nicky Woolf, “Fort McMurray: Canada wildfires force evacuation of oil sands city”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.

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