"accelerant" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "2010 September 25, William Glaberson, “Accelerant Was on Girls’ Beds, Witness Tells a Connecticut Jury”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "Accelerant was poured across the beds where the two daughters of a family in Cheshire, Conn., had been tied before a fire during a home invasion in 2007, a fire investigator told jurors on Friday.",
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        "Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.",
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        "(chemistry) Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.",
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          "ref": "2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-04-08",
          "text": "[Mike] Skinner can be credited with pouring lots of accelerant on pop in his time. In his absence, Caribbean-derived UK bass music became the de facto sound of British youth.",
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        "(figurative) Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else."
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      "word": "Beschleuniger"
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      "sense": "substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a chemical process",
      "word": "促進剤"
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      "word": "ускори́тель"
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      "word": "catalyst"
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          "ref": "2017 August 16, Laura Hudson, “Using YouTube as an Accelerant for Video Games”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "Hello Neighbor’s experience reflects the rise of video sites like YouTube as an accelerant for the video game business.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-04-08",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a chemical process",
      "word": "kiihdyke"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a chemical process",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "it",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "substance that accelerates the development of a fire",
      "word": "kiihdytin"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance that accelerates the development of a fire",
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    {
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      "sense": "substance that accelerates the development of a fire",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "kl",
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      "sense": "substance that accelerates the development of a fire",
      "word": "akoq ikummarissaat"
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    {
      "code": "kl",
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      "sense": "substance that accelerates the development of a fire",
      "word": "akoq sukkatsisaat"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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}

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