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Burning fluid

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any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol.
See under Burning, Elastic, etc.

See also: Burning Fluid


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The implication was that the city should be indifferent between recruits who could use only one of the two rescue techniques and those who could use both -- leaving Columbus residents to hope, next time they needed help, that the hazard in their particular room was smoke rather than glass or burning fluid on the floor.
Disabling America by Olson, Walter / National Review
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