METHANE in a Sentence

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1. The ignition of methane gas killed eight men.
2. The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.

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methane
 n.  an odorless, colorless, flammable gas, CH4, the major constituent of natural gas
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1  The ignition of methane gas killed eight men.
2  The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.
3  Our ancestors started adding the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide principally by cutting down trees for farming; whereas methane production started with wet farming of rice.
4  The researchers were drilling into a methane gas hot spot in the Laptev Sea from their fishing boat and trying to measure how much gas was released with their sonar.