Definition of "accelerants" []

• Plural form of accelerant. (noun)

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• "The insurgents are adding what they call accelerants to the IEDs so when they go off, they cause a fire, they cause maximum casualties."
• "Cans of hairspray and old Stax records have been identified as accelerants in the fire, prompting the theory that it was sparked by an unsupervised Winehouse."
• "Harwood said equipment upgrades at the lab over the past several years now allow for: fire debris analysis to determine what kind of accelerants were used in fires determined to be arsons; the separation of male and female DNA for the identification of possible perpetrators in sex crimes; and the identification of epithelial cell DNA from objects people have touched."