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▸ noun: a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor ("It was heated to evaporate the volatiles")
▸ adjective: evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures ("Volatile oils")
▸ adjective: tending to vary often or widely ("Volatile stocks")
▸ adjective: liable to lead to sudden change or violence ("A volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation")
▸ adjective: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments ("A flirt's volatile affections")
▸ Also see volatility
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▸ noun: a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor ("It was heated to evaporate the volatiles")
▸ adjective: evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures ("Volatile oils")
▸ adjective: tending to vary often or widely ("Volatile stocks")
▸ adjective: liable to lead to sudden change or violence ("A volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation")
▸ adjective: marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments ("A flirt's volatile affections")
▸ Also see volatility
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to volatile
▸ Usage examples for volatile
▸ Idioms related to volatile (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing volatile
▸ Popular nouns described by volatile
▸ Words that often appear near volatile
▸ Rhymes of volatile
▸ Invented words related to volatile