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Jan. 21, 2015

pyrophoric \pahy-ruh-FAWR-ik, -FOR-\ adjective 1. Chemistry. capable of igniting spontaneously in air. Quotes Plutonium is highly reactive and pyrophoric. The ceramic crucibles are also inert and nonreactive. -- Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears, 1991 Origin Pyrophoric entered English in the late 1700s from the Greek root pyrophóros meaning "fire-bearing."

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