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• n  any agent that retards or delays or hinders
  flame-retardant

• Still, the retardant poses another, less-publicized hazard, Upton says: to fashion.
• A Los Angeles City firefighter sprays foam fire retardant on a home in Tujunga, California, where the Station Fire has burned more than 120,000 acres.
• An air tanker drops fire retardant on brush, August 31, 2009, near Acton, California.

• retardent
• retardation

News & Articles

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• Air Force C-130s Drop 25,000 Gallons Of Retardant On Colorado Fire
  First Aerial Firefighting Support Mission Of The 2013 Fire Season Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard's 302nd Airlift Wing flew their first aerial firefighting support missions of the year June 12, dropping fire retardant on the growing Black Forest fire in Colorado. 302nd AW aircrews fighting the nearly 9,000-acre blaze performed 10 drops, releasing approximately 25,000 gallons of fire ...
  June 15, 2013 - The Aero-News Network
• Video: Thousands evacuated in Colo. wildfire, hundreds of homes gone
  Despite the constant dropping of fire retardant from air tankers and the work of firefighters on the ground, the wind and the heat still have the upper hand in the Colorado wildfire. Tens of thousands of people have been asked to evacuate. Barry Peterson shares their stories.
  June 14, 2013 - CBS News
• Hey! Listen! It's Not All Bad For Microsoft
  Adjusts flame-retardant suit and takes a deep breath. Microsoft and the Xbox One are not all that bad, you guys! Please? Not in my beautiful, beautiful face! Ok, so I unabashedly declared Sony undisputed winner of E3 2013 (how brave of me). But that cloud of doom hanging low on the shoulders of Microsoft made my [...]
  June 12, 2013 - MTV

Quotes

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• Jon Drummond in New York Times
  I don't know if he's going to be able to walk tomorrow,Drummond said. "We need to get some type of flame-retardant uniform in case he catches on fire, he's running so doggone fast."
• Al Gore in Boston Globe (registration)
  If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor,Gore said. "If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is a flame retardant. You take action."
• Curtis Sliwa in Village Voice
  Ultra-New YorkerCurtis Sliwa commented on Grassley's wardrobe: "He wears polyester, waffle-weave, flame-retardant pants that look like they survived the high waters."