accelerant
noun
ac·cel·er·ant
ik-ˈse-lə-rənt 
ak-
: a substance used to accelerate a process (such as the spreading of a fire)
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Climate shocks—wildfires, floods, droughts—act as accelerants in an already fragile system.
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Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Yet Trump is more accelerant than architect, channeling long-simmering frustrations with global leadership and deeper structural forces pulling U.S. strategy inward.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
The lessons from these strategies underline the fact that crises act as accelerants of innovation and transformation in most cases.
—Roman Reznikov, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Jabbar set the fire in a linen closet and placed accelerants in the other rooms at the residence.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Yet Trump is more accelerant than architect, channeling long-simmering frustrations with global leadership and deeper structural forces pulling U.S. strategy inward.
—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2025
The lessons from these strategies underline the fact that crises act as accelerants of innovation and transformation in most cases.
—Roman Reznikov, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Jabbar set the fire in a linen closet and placed accelerants in the other rooms at the residence.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Accelerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accelerant. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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