accelerant

accelerant
/ak sel"euhr euhnt/, n.
1. something that speeds up a process.
2. Chem. accelerator (def. 5).
3. a substance that accelerates the spread of fire or makes a fire more intense: Arson was suspected when police found accelerants at the scene of the fire.
[1915-20; < L accelerant- (s. of accelerans) hastening (prp. of accelerare). See ACCELERATE]

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